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U.S. general killed in attack at Afghan military academy
A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at a military base on Tuesday, killing at least one U.S. soldier and wounding 15, authorities said. (AP)
By
Dan Lamothe and
Pamela Constable August 5 at 5:00 PM
A man believed to be an Afghan soldier opened fire at an Afghan military academy in Kabul on Tuesday, killing a U.S. general and wounding up to 15 other personnel, including a German general and eight Americans, U.S. and coalition officials said.
The American general is the highest-ranking U.S. service member killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to provide the officer’s name Tuesday afternoon, but other officials identified him as Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, deputy commanding general of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in Kabul.
U.S. officials said five of the eight wounded Americans are in serious condition; a number of British soldiers were also wounded.
Greene previously served as the Army’s deputy for acquisition and systems management, a role in which he oversaw acquisition reform initiatives. He was commissioned as an engineer officer in 1980, after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The attack occurred about 12:23 p.m., according to an official at the German Embassy in Washington, who confirmed the wounding of a German brigadier general in the attack. The assailant was killed after the ambush, Kirby said. He would not say whether the shooter was killed by coalition troops or Afghans.
“It’s a terrible day. It’s a terrible tragedy,” said Kirby, adding that coalition officials have no reason to believe that the shooter was not a member of the Afghan National Security Forces.
The attack occurred at the Marshal Fahim National Defense University, the U.S.-led International Security Force (ISAF) coalition said. The facility, in the Qarga district of Kabul province and west of the city, was known as the Afghan National Defense University until earlier this year. It was renamed after the Afghan vice president and former military commander who
died in March of an undisclosed illness.
