U.S. Military Commander Survives Deadly Afghan Attack
- Governor’s bodyguard killed police chief, intel official
- Three coalition personnel, including two Americans, wounded
General Scott Miller
Photographer: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
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The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, General Austin Scott Miller, was uninjured in a Taliban attack in the southern province of Kandahar that killed at least two regional officials.
Two Americans were also wounded in Thursday’s attack, described by the U.S. as an “Afghan-on-Afghan incident” that underscored the lack of stability in the country 17 years after U.S. troops first arrived. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said Miller was one of their targets in the attack, which killed Kandahar’s police chief and a provincial intelligence chief.