U.S. General Is Killed in Attack at Afghan Base, Officials Say
Posted on AllSides August 5th, 2014
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An Afghan soldier shot a United States Army major general to death and wounded a German brigadier general and at least 14 other foreign and Afghan military service members on Tuesday at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, officials of the American-led coalition said Tuesday. The major general appeared to be the highest-ranking member of the American military to die in hostilities overseas since the Vietnam War.
The coalition officials said a senior Afghan commander also was among the wounded. The officials declined to identify any of...
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