Three U.S. Defense Contractors Killed In Afghanistan By An Insider Attack

FOX News: Taliban says agent infiltrated Afghan's security forces for attack that killed 3 Americans

WNU Editor: Even though U.S. forces are leaving .... this is a reminder that Afghanistan is still a very dangerous place.

More News On Thursday's Insider Attack That Killed Three U.S. Contractors In Afghanistan

Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Americans at military base near airport -- Washington Post
Gunman Who Killed 3 Americans Was Said to Wear Afghan Military Uniform -- NYT
Taliban Claims Afghanistan Attack -- VOA
Three U.S. contractors killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Taliban claim responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 3 Americans -- CNN
Taliban claim responsibility for insider attack that killed three American contractors at Kabul airport -- Daily Mail

ISAF Report: Afghan Soldier Who Killed Two-Star U.S. General In Kabul Acted Alone

U.S. Army Brigadier General Harold J. Greene is pictured in this August 25, 2005 handout photograph. Credit: REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout

Afghan Soldier Who Killed U.S. General Acted Independently: Report -- Reuters

(Reuters) - An Afghan military policeman who fatally shot a U.S. general and wounded more than a dozen other people at a training center in Kabul apparently acted independently and had no links to the Taliban or other extremist groups, according to a report released on Thursday.

An investigation by the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the insider attack was not premeditated and that the shooter, identified as Rafiqullah, may have been ill or a self-radicalized.

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More News On The ISAF Report That The Afghan Soldier Who Killed Two-Star U.S. General In Kabul Acted Alone

Report: Afghan who killed US general not Taliban -- AP
Afghan Soldier Who Killed U.S. General in Kabul Acted Alone, Report Says -- NYT
Military report: No negligence in death of U.S. General in Afghanistan -- CNN
Afghan who killed U.S. general had no known Taliban ties, probe finds -- L.A. Times
U.S. General’s Killer Likely Wasn’t Taliban, Investigators Say -- WSJ
Afghan soldier who killed U.S. general was disgruntled, not Taliban: report -- Washington Times
Investigation: Afghan shooter ambushed slain Army general at close range -- Washington Post
Centcom: No Clear Links to Taliban in Killing of Army Two-Star -- Washington Free Beacon

U.S. Major General Killed In Afghanistan Identified As Major General Harold Greene

U.S. General Dead, German General Wounded In Afghan Attack -- Reuters

(Reuters) - A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said.

The U.S. Army said late on Tuesday the slain general was Major General Harold Greene, a senior officer with the international military command ISAF. He was the most senior U.S. military official killed in action overseas since the war in Vietnam, military officials said.

"These soldiers were professionals, committed to the mission," U.S. Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno said in a statement, referring to the soldiers killed and wounded in the attack.

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More News On Today's Green On Blue Attack That Killed A U.S. General In Afghanistan Today

Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, Army officer since 1980, is killed in Afghanistan -- CNN
Pictured: American two-star general, 55, shot dead by 'insider' at Afghan military training facility in attack that left 15 troops wounded -- Daily Mail
US general Harold Greene killed by Afghan soldier -- BBC
General killed in Afghan attack was engineer -- Washington Post/AP
For General Killed in Afghanistan, the Military Was a Family Tradition -- WSJ
U.S. general killed, other troops wounded in Afghanistan attack, Pentagon says -- CNN
U.S. general killed in attack at Afghan military academy -- Washington Post
US General Slain in Afghanistan Identified as Maj. Gen. Harold Greene -- ABC News
Afghan Kills U.S. General; Others Injured -- NYT
Afghan soldier attack on UK army camp kills US general -- BBC
Afghan soldier kills US general, wounds about 15 -- Washington Post/AP
Afghan military academy shooter kills US general in 'green-on-blue' attack -- CSM
US general shot dead by Afghan soldier -- Al Jazeera
Death of Two-Star Army General Harold Greene a Rare Killing -- Erik Ortiz, NBC
U.S. General's Killing Raises Questions About Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan -- Christopher Harress, IBTimes
Killing of General in Afghanistan Renews U.S. Exit Angst -- David Lerman and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg Businessweek
US general killed in Afghanistan: How big is threat of insider attacks? -- Anna Mulrine, CSM

My Comment: Our prayers go out to the family and loved ones.

Afghan Soldier Kills Three 'High Ranking' NATO Officers At British-Run Qargha Military Academy Near Kabul (Update: Two-Star U.S. General Killed)

Afghan National Army soldiers (ANA) stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. Reuters

Three NATO Officers Killed At Afghan Military Academy, Officials Say -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — An attacker in an Afghan army uniform killed at least three service members from the NATO-led coalition and wounded a senior Afghan commander on Tuesday in a shooting at a military training academy on the outskirts of Kabul, an Afghan official said.

Details of the shooting, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, were sketchy, and the coalition would only confirm that “an incident” had taken place at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy. An Afghan defense official said that at least three coalition officers had been killed, and that a number of other foreign and Afghan officers had been wounded. The dead coalition service members were believed to be senior officers, the Afghan official said.

The Afghan official and a coalition official said that it appeared that the foreign casualties were high-ranking officers who were taking part in a meeting at the academy.

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More News On Three 'High Ranking' NATO Officers At British-Run Qargha Military Academy Near Kabul Being Killed In An Insider Attack

Afghan soldier opens fire at British-run Qargha military academy near Kabul -- The Guardian
Casualties reported in Afghan military academy attack -- Stars and Stripes
Afghan soldier opens fire at British military academy, several wounded -- Reuters
German military: 15 troops wounded in Afghan attack, including brigadier general; 1 killed -- AP
Afghanistan: Uniformed Man Opens Fire on Foreign Troops at British-Run Military Academy -- IBTimes
ISAF service member killed in shooting at military base in Afghanistan, official says -- FOX News

WNU Editor: This is a breaking news story. We will be updating it later today.

Update: American General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy -- ABC News