Pentagon Confirms A U.S. General Was Shot And Wounded In Last Week's Taliban Attack That Killed A Top Afghan General

From left, Gen. Austin Miller, the incoming Resolute Support /U.S. Forces-Afghanistan mission commander; Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, Train, Advise and Assist Command-South commander; and Col. Dave Zinn, TAAC-South deputy commander walk off the airfield, August 27, 2018, in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Miller visited Kandahar Airfield to receive an overview of operations and organizational capabilities throughout the area. NEYSA CANFIELD/U.S. ARMY

CNN: US brigadier general wounded Thursday in Afghanistan attack

US Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, who oversees the NATO military advisory mission in southern Afghanistan, was wounded in the Thursday insider attack that took place in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

"I can confirm that he is recovering from a gunshot wound he received during the attack in Kandahar," Navy Cdr. Grant Neeley, a spokesman for the NATO Resolute Support mission, told CNN Sunday.

Smiley, the commander of Train, Advise, Assist and Command -- South, is based in Kandahar. He is being treated for the wound and is still in charge of the command.

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