US General Shot in Last Week’s Taliban Attack

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at a check point in Ghazni city, Afghanistan, on Sept. 16, 2018. Mustafa Andaleb/Reuters

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot in a Taliban attack that killed two Afghan leaders inside the Kandahar governor’s compound last week.

U.S. military spokesman Cmdr. Grant W. Neeley provided no other details. The Washington Post reported earlier on Oct. 21, that Smiley was recovering after suffering at least one gunshot wound.