Thursday, December 4, 2014

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

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