A US major-general has
been killed in an attack by a man in Afghan military uniform at a
British-run military academy near Kabul, US officials say.
Two British soldiers were among the wounded, along with several Americans, a German general and an Afghan general.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence said the Afghan soldier who opened fire was shot dead.
The US major-general is the most senior international soldier killed since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
He has been identified as Major-General Harold Greene, US media reported.
He was the deputy commanding general for the Combined
Security Transition Command, involved in preparations for the withdrawal
of US coalition troops at the end of the year, says the Associated
Press.
The BBC understands the shooting at Camp Qargha happened after a dispute broke out.
The attacker was a soldier who was recruited three years ago, Afghan defence ministry sources told the BBC.
Afghan 'Sandhurst'
The incident is said to have occurred late morning or lunchtime after an argument between Afghans and an armed Afghan soldier.
The BBC's David Loyn says the Afghan Ministry of Defence has confirmed that several foreign soldiers have been injured
The Afghan soldier opened fire from a guard post at a large group of senior Afghan and international troops.
By the time he had emptied the magazine of his US-issue M16
rifle, more than a dozen people had been shot, our correspondent says.
Major-General Harold Greene is the most senior US soldier to die in combat since the Vietnam War.
The Afghan commander of the British-led officers' academy, General Gulam Sakhi, was among those wounded.
The training academy is modelled on UK military academy
Sandhurst and will be the only British military presence in Afghanistan
when operations end this year.
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