In Kabul, highest-ranking US officer killed in overseas combat since 1970

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An American major general is dead and a German brigadier general wounded after a bloody “insider” attack in Afghanistan. It happened when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at a military base. CCTV America’s Sean Callebs has more.

Afghan soldier kills U.S. general

An American major general is dead and a German brigadier general wounded-- after a bloody "insider" attack in Afghanistan. It happened when a man in an Afghan army uniform opened fire on foreign troops at a military base. CCTV America's Sean Callebs has more.

The Army identified the American officer as Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, a 34-year veteran. An engineer by training, Greene was on his first deployment to a war zone and was involved in preparing Afghan forces for the time when U.S.-coalition troops leave at the end of this year. He was the deputy commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.

Greene was the highest-ranked American officer killed in combat in the nation’s post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the highest-ranked officer killed in combat since 1970 in the Vietnam War.

Five major generals were killed in Vietnam. The last was Maj. Gen. John Albert Dillard, whose helicopter was shot down.