NEW : High - ranking German officer had ordered troops to ` ` " Afghans ... " '' NEW : Maj . Gen. Kneip is one of more than 12,000 coalition troops in northern Afghanistan . He was killed with 8 others , while 7 -- His roles since the Taliban 's ouster include being one of Afghanistan 's lead point-persons in trying to stifle the production of opium poppies -- from which the drug heroin is made . Afghan officials and German troops -- died . A provincial governor is also wounded in the attack , which occurred in his building .
NEW : High - ranking German officer had ordered troops to ` ` " Afghans ... " '' NEW : Maj . Gen. Kneip is one of more than 12,000 coalition troops in northern Afghanistan . He was killed with 8 others , while 7 -- Afghan officials and German troops -- died . A provincial governor is also wounded in the attack , which occurred in his building .