U.S. general killed in Afghanistan; gunman shot from 100 yards, officials say

[Sulman Badshah]

U.S. general killed in Afghanistan; gunman shot from 100 yards, officials say
By Jim Sciutto, Catherine E. Shoichet and Ashley Fantz, CNN
updated 9:04 AM EDT, Wed August 6, 2014
Source: CNN
Maj. Gen. Harold Greene -- a longtime officer who was leading efforts to train soldiers in Afghanistan -- was killed Tuesday at a military training facility in Kabul.

An ISAF official said that the group was standing outside, and the attacker shot from inside a nearby building at a distance of about 100 yards.

Pentagon officials went out of their way to say the shooting would not change the relationship between U.S. and Afghan forces.

"I've seen no indication that there's a degradation of trust between coalition members and their Afghan counterparts," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.

 

[Spring Onion]

RIP. big loss for US

 

[Sulman Badshah]

german general is injured ... and afghan chief of training facility is also injure

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Unfortunately these Afghan "soldiers" are incorrigible. We've said it time and time again. They'll defect at the flick of a switch - one night training and breaking bread with western troops, next minute anything - even a petty argument or grudge, they could turn their weapons on their ultimate masters.

and on ISAF.....ISAF's plans have become blended into dirt.

Alexander the Great and the Mongols were smarter. They read and understood the terrain and what will they gain from attacking and occupying Afghanistan? They just passed through, fought a few battles...some intense.

Alexander after paying tribute to the relevant tribes established some posts, at places considered strategic, and advanced towards bharat. What we have here is another form of world domination where comprehending the odds is not easy. Indeed, it is sad

When will the West learn from history??

german general is injured ... and afghan chief of training facility is also injure

pretty audacious attack.....this facility was built by britishers - one of the more premier training centers in the entire country

"I've seen no indication that there's a degradation of trust between coalition members and their Afghan counterparts," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.

BBC News - Afghanistan's 'green on blue' collapse of trust

 

[rockstar08]

time to leave Afghanistan ..

 

[Fukuoka]

At last a good salafist killing the US terrorists rather than killing muslims

 

[ejaz007]

ISAF Suspends Afghan Mission Following Killing of US General - Reports
Topic: Situation in Afghanistan

MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has suspended its cooperation with the Afghan National Army (ANA) at various military facilities after the killing of a US major general, Der Spiegel reported Thursday.

ISAF commander Joseph Dunford suspended the Afghan military support mission by ordering on Tuesday all international instructors and military consultants to remain in their camps until Friday, while the incident is being investigated, according to the German magazine.

The decision followed the shooting of US Maj. Gen. Harold Greene in an attack at an officers' academy in Kabul.

Brig. Gen. Michael Bartscher of Germany, 12 NATO soldiers and several Afghan troops were injured in the attack, which the Taliban claimed responsibility for.

Germany’s Defense Ministry identified the shooter as an Afghan citizen named Rafiqullah, who had served in the Army for two years. The shooter was allegedly hiding in a building on the camp's territory waiting for a group of officers to show up and opened fire at them. He was killed by bodyguards.

The motives behind the attack are being investigated. The magazine said that the possibility of such incidents occurring in the future has not been excluded.

The incident follows a series of "insider attacks" against NATO forces by members of Afghanistan’s security forces or insurgents disguised in Afghan uniforms, and marks the highest-ranking US fatality in the international military campaign against the Taliban in the war-torn country.

The so-called "green-on-blue attacks" spiked in 2012, when foreign troops started working closer with Afghan forces to train them ahead of the expected withdrawal of the US combat troops at the end of 2014. The attacks prompted ISAF to introduce strict security measures.

The ISAF, a NATO-led mission aimed at training Afghan security forces, has been active in Afghanistan since late 2001.

ISAF Suspends Afghan Mission Following Killing of US General - Reports | Military & Intelligence | RIA Novosti