[ADN Kronos] Two Italian military helicopters came to the aid of a convoy of Afghan soldiers who were under Taliban attack on Friday in Bala Murgab in Bagdhis province.
| No doubt gratitude and courage were unbounded. Well done! |
Baghdis borders the province of Herat, where international troops in the NATO-led force are under Italian command.
Taliban militants on Thursday opened fire on a patrol of Italian soldiers and a 23-year-old paratrooper, Alessandro Iosca, was lightly wounded in one arm.
| Clearly the Italians are not cantonment divas, available for consultation only during business hours. |
Italy has 2,350 troops in Afghanistan, the fifth largest deployment after the United States, Britain, Canada and Germany. There are currently some 58,000 international troops from 42 nations stationed in Afghanistan. |