A United States General was killed and 14 others wounded in an attack at a military training facility in Afghan capital city Kabul on Tuesday, said media reports.
NATO-led force, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a statement said that the attack took place at a British military training academy in the capital. It said one ISAF service member was killed, without giving details, and the incident was under investigation.
According to Afghan Defense spokesman General Zahir Azimi, a terrorist in an Afghan National Army uniform fired at the personnel at noon. Some of Afghan and foreign forces were wounded, he added.
President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack saying that the delegation had been visiting the facility to help build Afghanistan's security forces. A total of 133 coalition soldiers have been killed so far this year. The killed general was one of the highest-ranking military officers killed since 9/11.
GMT 11:27 2018 Tuesday ,11 December
22 dead across three Afghan provincesGMT 11:40 2018 Wednesday ,14 November
Clashes leave 7 militants dead in W. Afghan provinceGMT 14:16 2018 Sunday ,11 November
Over 2 dozen people killed in militant attack in eastern AfghanistanGMT 12:59 2018 Thursday ,08 November
Taliban attack kills 11 security personnel in N. AfghanistanGMT 12:54 2018 Tuesday ,06 November
Fighting in Afghan's Kandahar kills 6 militantsGMT 10:43 2018 Sunday ,04 November
Taliban key commander among 21 killed in N. AfghanistanGMT 11:36 2018 Friday ,02 November
Afghan troops kill 9 militants in southern provinceGMT 16:21 2018 Wednesday ,17 October
Parliamentary candidate killed in AfghanistanMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor