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U.S. General Killed in Attack at Afghan Base

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 2:13pm

U.S. General Killed in Attack at Afghan Base, Officials Say by Matthew Rosenberg and Haris Kakar, New York Times

An Afghan soldier killed a United States Army major general 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, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said a senior Afghan commander also was among the wounded. The officials declined to identify any of the victims by name. The identity of the gunman was not disclosed, either…

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