Confirming the killing of an US general by an Afghan soldier on Tuesday, the US military stressed that it was an isolated incident and would not change US-Afghan military relations.
Major General Harold Greene was killed by an Afghan soldier, who opened fire at a military training facility in Kabul, in the latest 'green on blue attack'. He is the most senior US military officer to be killed since 9/11.
"I've seen no indication that there's a degradation of trust between coalition members and their Afghan counterparts," the spokesperson of the Pentagon Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.
"It's impossible to eliminate, completely eliminate, that threat [of insider attacks], I think, particularly in a place like Afghanistan, but you can work hard to mitigate it," he added.
Major General Harold Greene was killed by an Afghan soldier, who opened fire at a military training facility in Kabul, in the latest 'green on blue attack'. He is the most senior US military officer to be killed since 9/11.
"I've seen no indication that there's a degradation of trust between coalition members and their Afghan counterparts," the spokesperson of the Pentagon Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.
"It's impossible to eliminate, completely eliminate, that threat [of insider attacks], I think, particularly in a place like Afghanistan, but you can work hard to mitigate it," he added.