An Afghan soldier opened fire on a training session at the British-run training academy near Kabul, killing a United States Army General and wounding a general from the German military.  It raises questions about the readiness of the Afghan Military as NATO troops are about to pull out.

At least 15 soldiers, mostly American and British, were wounded, and the gunman was shot dead.  Major General Harold Greene is the highest ranking US military official to have been killed since US-led combat operations in Afghanistan began.  The training he was leading consisted of getting the Afghans ready to take over their own security after the Western countries withdraw.

In the past, “insider attacks” of Afghani soldiers firing on their NATO trainers have eroded trust and strained US efforts to train Afghanistan's 350,000-strong security force.  The Pentagon describes such shooting as a “pernicious threat” but insists Tuesday’s bloodshed was an isolated attack and did not lead to a breakdown of trust between coalition soldiers and their Afghan counterparts.