One US soldier killed, 15 wounded in Kabul attack

One US soldier was killed and 15 more were wounded Tuesday when a man in Afghan military uniform opened fire at an officer academy in Kabul, a US official said. ‘We can confirm that one American was killed and 15 have been wounded,’ the official said on condition of anonymity. The official said that some of the injuries were serious as the gunman shot at fairly close range. Officials in Kabul earlier said that three Afghan officers were wounded in the shooting at the British-run academy. The total number of foreign casualties was not immediately clear. Afghanistan has witnessed a series of ‘insider attacks’ against Western forces, although officials say many incidents result from personal grudges and cultural misunderstandings rather than Taliban insurgent infiltration, according to AFP.