An American mayor who was also a Utah Army National Guard major training commandos in Afghanistan was fatally shot by one of his Afghan trainees, officials said Sunday. Brent Taylor, 39, had taken a yearlong leave of absence as mayor of North Ogden, Utah, for his deployment to Afghanistan. Taylor was a military intelligence officer, and was expected to return to his job as mayor in January. Another U.S. military member whose name was not immediately made public was wounded in the attack. Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton, the adjutant general of the Utah National Guard, told reporters that Taylor's mission was to help train and build the capacity of the Afghan national army.

Source: CBC News November 05, 2018 14:15 UTC