Saturday, February 21, 2009

In Afghanistan, gunmen attacked a French patrol.

February 11 Afghan militants attacked the French patrol in Logar province, reports AFP referring to the Defense Ministry of France.
As a result of the battle, look after a patrol hit a mine on the self, was killed by a French officer and an Afghan translator. Another officer was seriously injured.
Reported that the squad was composed of French troops and the Afghan army, which they trained.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased officer and reiterated his country's intention to "continue to work to restore peace in Afghanistan."
According to the AFP, in 2002 in the region in the international contingent of NATO are about 2800 French soldiers. During the fighting in Afghanistan killed 25 Frenchmen.

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