{"id":24496,"date":"2018-10-22T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/22\/service-member-killed-in-suspected-insider-attack-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:40:35","slug":"service-member-killed-in-suspected-insider-attack-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/service-member-killed-in-suspected-insider-attack-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Service member killed in suspected insider attack in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A service member with the NATO mission to Afghanistan<\/a> was killed in Herat province<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two additional service members were wounded<\/a> in the same incident, said officials with the Resolute Support mission to advise and assist Afghan government forces in a statement Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInitial reports indicate the attack was committed by a member of the Afghan security forces,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not yet clear whether the service member was American. Additional information, including the nationality of the service member, will be released after the appropriate authorities have been notified, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Defense Casualty Analysis System<\/a>, eight U.S. military members have been killed and 85 wounded in Afghanistan so far in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, the U.S. general leading the war in Afghanistan narrowly escaped a separate insider attack in Kandahar city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army Gen. Scott Miller was leaving a meeting with top provincial officials when a body guard for the governor of Kandahar province turned his gun on the procession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley, who was assigned in the summer to lead Resolute Support\u2019s southern command, was wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\t