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   (Reuters) - A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen   
   people were wounded, 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 on Tuesday.   
      
   The slain general, whose identity was not immediately released   
   by the Pentagon, was believed to be the most senior U.S.   
   military official killed in action in Afghanistan since the war   
   there began in 2001.   
      
   Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters that   
   "many were seriously wounded" and the gunman was killed in the   
   attack, which took place on Tuesday at the Marshal Fahim   
   National Defense University, a training center in Kabul.   
      
   The attack raised fresh questions about the ability of NATO   
   soldiers to train and advise Afghan security forces as western   
   nations gradually withdraw. The U.S. and German generals were on   
   a routine visit, the Pentagon said.   
      
   A U.S. official said the gunman fired on the foreign soldiers   
   using a light machinegun. Afghanistan's Defense Ministry   
   described him as a "terrorist in army uniform."   
      
   The German military said its general was one of 14 coalition   
   troops wounded in Tuesday's attack. It said his life was not in   
   danger. Seven Americans and five British troops were among the   
   wounded, an Afghan official said.   
      
   Past insider attacks have eroded trust while straining foreign   
   efforts to train Afghanistan's 350,000-strong security force and   
   prepare them to fight the Taliban once most U.S. and NATO forces   
   depart.   
      
   U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke by phone with General   
   Joe Dunford, who commands U.S. and international troops in   
   Afghanistan, about the incident, Kirby said. He said the   
   shooting was being investigated jointly by Afghan authorities   
   and the international military coalition that is winding down   
   its long mission in Afghanistan.   
      
   The Afghan president was quick to condemn the attack, saying the   
   delegation had been visiting the facility to help build   
   Afghanistan's security forces.   
      
   The Taliban says insider attacks reflect their ability to   
   infiltrate the enemy. International military coalition officials   
   say the incidents often arise over misunderstandings or   
   altercations between troops.   
      
   In 2012, dozens of incidents forced international troops to take   
   measures to reduce interaction with their Afghan partners. Since   
   then, the number of insider attacks has fallen sharply.   
      
   Like other western nations, the United States is planning to   
   leave a residual force in Afghanistan after the NATO mission   
   ends this year, in part to support Afghan forces. But U.S.   
   officials say that first they must sign a bilateral troop deal,   
   which cannot be finalized until Afghanistan resolves an election   
   dispute and confirms its new president.   
      
   In a similar attack on Tuesday, several people were wounded in   
   eastern Paktia province when a policeman opened fire on   
   international and Afghan forces, police chief Zalmay Oryakhil   
   said.   
      
   Adding to the tension, a NATO air strike hit a vehicle carrying   
   civilians in western Herat province, local officials said,   
   killing four members of a family returning from a wedding,   
   including two children.   
      
   (Reporting by Missy Ryan in Washington, Sabine Siebold in   
   Berlin, Krista Mahr in Kabul, Jalil Ahmad Rezaee in Herat and   
   Ahmad Sultan in Gardez; Editing by Janet Lawrence and Howard   
   Goller)   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/05/us-afghanistan-attacks-   
   idUSKBN0G51BQ20140805   
      
          
      
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