#insider attack

Afghanistan Insider Attack Kills Another Soldier – Maj Brent Taylor

Maj Brent Taylor of the Utah National Guard was killed in an insider attack on Saturday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Major Taylor was also the Mayor of North Ogden, Utah. Another soldier who was wounded in that attack is in stable condition after treatment at Bagram Air Base.

The attacker was reportedly a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. He was immediately killed by other…

Green on Blue Attack in Afghanistan – One Soldier Killed, Two Wounded

Southern Afghanistan – Saturday morning, in what appears to be a green on blue attack (insider), a US Service Member was killed and two others wounded. Resolute Support is the NATO Mission in Afghanistan. This insider attack is under investigation.

Resolute Support issued this statement:

Kabul, Afghanistan – One U.S. service member was killed and two other U.S. service members were wounded during…

Westboro Plans Protest at Fallen Soldier’s Funeral

Tennessee – Sgt William Bays was one of the 101st Airborne officers killed in a “green on blue” attack in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan on June 10. On June 21, his body arrived at Clarksville Regional Airport. A military transfer unit met the plane and after escorting the grieving family onto the tarmac- allowing them a few minutes to weep for their loss- they quietly loaded his flag-draped…

Pentagon Identifies #USArmy Special Forces Soldiers Killed in #Afghan 'Insider Attack'.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) identified the two U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers killed in the Afghan ‘insider attack’.

The deceased are Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Both were posthumously promoted to Sgt. 1st Class. The soldiers were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces…

Two U.S. Service Members Killed in Apparent Insider Attack in #Afghanistan.

Two U.S. service members were killed and another six were wounded in an apparent ‘insider attack’ by an Afghan soldier in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Feb. 8.

According to a U.S. military statement, an Afghan dressed in an Afghan Army uniform opened fire. But, an anonymous Afghan defense ministry official said the shooter was an Afghan soldier who had argued with the U.S. forces…

NORTH OGDEN, Utah | Mayor of Utah city killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan

NORTH OGDEN, Utah — The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state’s National Guard, the Salt Lake Tribune and other media report.

The Tribune says that Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent “insider attack” in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. American military officials say another U.S. service member is being treated for…