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Blast in Afghan capital kills Portuguese peacekeeper
An explosion on the outskirts of the Afghan capital killed a Portuguese peackeeper with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and wounded three others."One ISAF soldier was killed and three injured, one of them seriously, by an explosion in Bagrami district of Kabul," ISAF spokesman Major Andy Elmes told AFP on Friday. "We are still trying to determine whether it's a mine, an IED (improvised explosive device) or something else," he said, confirming the soldiers were Portuguese nationals. The blast was in Da Yaqoob village on the outskirts of the capital, he said. The Portuguese defence ministry in Lisbon said the four soldiers were in a vehicle that exploded while on patrol. Portuguese soldiers in a second vehicle, which was part of the same patrol, were not hurt, it said. Posted by: ed 2005-11-18 |
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