US general confirmed injured after shooting in Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) – US Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley has been confirmed as one of two Americans wounded during Thursday's attack on the province's police chief. Afghanistan, a spokesman for NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said.

Smiley, commander of Resolute Support's training and advisory mission in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead when a member of the provincial governor's bodyguards opened fire on a group of officials leaving a meeting with NATO's senior commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller.

"I can confirm US. Army Brig. General Jeffrey Smiley was wounded in a recent insider attack in the Afghan province of Kandahar, "a spokesman for the NATO-led force said in an email.

Miller was not injured, but Kandahar police chief General Abdul Razeq, one of the largest anti-Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, was fatally wounded, as well as the local chief of the intelligence service. the NDS, General Abdul Momim.

The attack, which was claimed by the Taliban, was a devastating blow to the government. It decapitated the command of the security of one of the most strategic provinces of Afghanistan and demonstrated the capacity of the insurgents to strike even the highest leaders.

Along with Smiley, an American civilian and a subcontractor of the coalition were wounded as the group of officials went to a helicopter to bring back Miller and his party to Kabul.