US general wounded in Kandahar attack


US General Jeffrey Smiley, the head of the NATO military mission in southern Afghanistan, was injured by the attack on the headquarters of Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan last Thursday.
CNN quoted the spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as saying that he recovered from a wound sustained a gunshot wound sustained during the attack.

At least two US citizens were wounded in a shootout inside Kandahar state governor's headquarters during a high-level security meeting attended by the commander of US forces, General Scott Miller.

The spokesman for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Col. Knott Peters said in a statement that General Miller was not injured in the attack on the headquarters of the governor of Kandahar province, AFP reported.