Pentagon and White House officials Tuesday addressed reports of a shooting in Kabul City, Afghanistan, that left one U.S. major general dead and several other soldiers wounded.

Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said Tuesday afternoon that early information suggests the shooter was an Afghan soldier.

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