Tuesday, August 5, 2014

No Tears Here - 2-star US general killed in Afghan green-on-blue attack

A two-star American general has been killed and 14 others injured in an attack at the military training academy in Afghanistan, according to Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine.

A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on NATO troops on Tuesday. A German brigadier general has been seriously injured and an American two-star general was killed in the shootout.

Earlier it was reported that 15 people, including "about a dozen" Americans were wounded in the attack.

"We are in the process of assessing the situation," the ISAF Joint Command said in a statement. "More information will be released as we sort out the facts."

The German brigadier-general is “not in a life-threatening condition,” the German military said as cited by the AP.

The attack happened at Camp Qargha, a base west of the capital, Kabul, which trains officers for the country’s army.

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