3 top Afghan officials killed by guards, US general survives
Source: Associated Press
By AMIR SHAH and KATHY GANNON
an hour ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The three top officials in Afghanistans Kandahar province were killed when their own guards opened fire on them at a security conference Thursday, the deputy provincial governor said, and a Taliban spokesman said the target was Washingtons top general in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, who escaped without injury, according to NATO.
Agha Lala Dastageri, Kandahars deputy provincial governor, said powerful provincial police chief Abdul Raziq was among the dead, along with Kandahar Gov. Zalmay Wesa, who died of his wounds at a nearby hospital.
Dastageri said provincial intelligence chief Abdul Mohmin also died inside the governors sprawling residence where the attack occurred.
Three Americans a service member and two civilian workers were wounded in the shooting, said U.S. Col. Knut Peters, a spokesman for NATO troops in Afghanistan. Their conditions were not immediately known.
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(1,718 posts)They sure got quiet during the Obama years. Can't help but wonder if they're the same people who kept posting praises about John Mccain too.
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(964 posts)Did with Bengazi? Americans were killed. This administration emboldens the wicked.