An American General was shot and killed in afghanistan in app apparent insider attack. The pentagon says a man dressed in an afghan army uniform fired at a group of International Soldiers at camp caringa, a military base west of kabul. He is believed to be the highest ranking american officer killed his name has not been revealed. We are joined from kabul with more. What do we know about how that attack happened, and has anyone claimed responsibility for it . Well, what happened this afternoon, african army soldier opened fire from inside the building, from the window of that building. To a group of n. A. T. O. Highranked officers that they come to visit this training camp. It is the biggest military academy in afghanistan, located here in eastern kabul. He managed to kill a 2star American General, the highest ranked american officer since beginning of the war in afghanistan, getting killed in here today. Then injured 15 others, two general injured, one is a german general, another afg
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