NORTH OGDEN, Utah — The Mayor of North Ogden, Brent Taylor, has been killed in Afghanistan after being deployed to the country as part of the Utah National Guard.
Taylor, who has served with the Utah National Guard since 2013, was deployed in January of this year.
The Utah National Guard said in a statement Saturday that a service member died in an “insider attack” in Kabul on Nov. 3. Initial reports indicated that the attacker was a member of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, the statement said.
“These reports also indicate the attacker was immediately killed by other Afghan Forces,” the statement said. “The incident is under investigation.”- READ MORE