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American General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy - ABC News
Very serious, I hope the response to this from the US is a military one. We can't allow this.
An American general was killed today and 15 other soldiers wounded in an attack at a military academy in Afghanistan today.
The incident happened at Camp Qargha where Afghan military officers were being trained when a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon against Americans and other Afghans, ABC News has learned. The camp was recently renamed the Marshal Fahim National Defense University for the country's deceased vice president,
A U.S. official described the shooting victim as a two star major general, the highest ranking official to be killed in the Afghanistan war. American generals usually have their security detail.
Very serious, I hope the response to this from the US is a military one. We can't allow this.