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| Afghanistan |
| Swedish forces in N Afganistan in night battle |
| 2009-07-26 |
| All is not quiet in northern Afghanistan. H/T OPFOR. Swedish and Finish troops were attacked by Afgan resistance forces this night. The battle continued through the whole night and ended in the morning. Three rebels were killed according to the home Page of the Swedish Armed Forces. The rebels attacked around nine pm (local time). It was a Swedish group of soldiers that was shot at close to Balkh, west from Masar-e-Sharif. One armoured vehicle under the name RG32 nicknamed "Galten" was shot at by what was believed to be both firearms and by anti tank grenades. One Swedish unit with a tank joined by Finish troops were sent to the area as a reinforcement. The battle continued through whole night, sometimes intense, sometimes calm. In the morning the Swedish and Finish troops were reported to have secured the area. No Swedish or Finish soldiers are reported to by Ãnjured. Two injured and three killed rebels were found after the battle. The injured were given first aid by the Swedish-Finish troops. One of the injured rebels was sent to the German base Marmal for continued care. The place of the battle is now investigated by the Swedish military-police. The Afgan military and police is also there now. The Swedish-Finish force that was involved in the fighting is now on its way to reassemble in the camp Northerns Lights in Mazar-e-Sharif. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #3 Swedes fight at night? Is that in their labor contract? Musta been ambushed en route to the disco. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-07-26 15:44 |
| #2 Let's hope the Swedish-Finish unit is dedicated to doing just that. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-07-26 14:06 |
| #1 Don't know about the Swedes, but the Taliban might want to read some history before screwing with the Finns. Or ask the Russians. And shouldn't "Finnish" have two "n's" in it? I figured the Stockholm News would know that. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-07-26 13:45 |