Sen. Christopher Coons, D-DE, makes remarks to a TV crew on Capitol Hill August 5, 2014, regarding the shooting on a US military base in Afganistan that killed a US General. (AFP)
Pentagon confirms U.S. general killed in Kabul attack
The Pentagon confirms that a U.S. general was killed in an attack in Afghanistan
The Pentagon on Tuesday confirmed that a US general was killed in an attack in Afghanistan -- the highest-ranking American fatality since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The US Defense Department also identified the assailant, who was wearing a uniform, as an Afghan soldier and said that he was killed after he opened fire.
