US military general killed in Afghanistan

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US military general killed in Afghanistan

A two-star general of the United States Army was gunned down in Afghanistan on Tuesday, August 5. He is the first general to be killed in a US war overseas since Vietnam. Maj Gen Harold Greene was killed by a lone gunman in Afghan military clothing who opened fire at a dozen Western soldiers at the Afghanistan National Military Academy in Kabul. Several soldiers were wounded including 15 German troops. The shooter was killed at the scene. Greene was in charge of the training and development of the Afghan National Security Forces as the US continues to withdraw from the country.

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