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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The war in afghanistan may be winding down, but for u. S. Forces, it can be as dangerous as ever. An american twostar general was shot dead today when an afghan soldier opened fire on a highlevel delegation of officers visiting a secure military post outside kabul. Major general Harold Greene harold greeisthe highest rankinr killed in battle overseas in 44 years. David martin is working on the story at the pentagon. Reporter it happened at midday at the military academy where afghans are trained to become officers. A delegation of u. S. And allied officers was mowed down by a man believed to be an Afghan Army Soldier who opened fire with a machine gun from the window of a nearby building. Before troops assigned to guard the visitors could return fire, an
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