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Afghanistan
Germans Troops Die in Kunduz Clash
2010-04-04
May their memories bring comfort to those who mourn, and may the wounded heal quickly. We are grateful to those who choose to stand between us and those who would impose evil on the entire world.
[Quqnoos] Three German soldiers were killed Friday during a firefight with Taliban militants while on patrol near the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan.

Five German soldiers were seriously wounded in the fighting, which began in the early afternoon and continued into the evening, according to the spokesman for the Bundeswehr Operations Command.
So much for sequestering the German contingent safely away from doing the fighting for which an army is supposedly designed.
The battle was erupted when a mine exploded under a German armored vehicle, said the Kunduz provincial police chief, Gen Abdul Razaq Yaqoubi, The Associated Press reported.

As many as 200 Taliban militants were involved in the fighting, according to unconfirmed reports. The German forces received reinforcements from a base in Kunduz city.

Until recently, northern Afghanistan had been relatively calm, but several months ago the Taliban began to attack truck convoys that carry supplies from neighboring countries to NATO bases in the north.

German troops are in command of the area, but recently a large contingent of American forces has begun to arrive to bolster their efforts.
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