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| Afghan Bomb Kills a French Soldier, Wounds Nine |
| 2009-09-06 |
| [Quqnoos] One French soldier was killed and nine others injured in a bomb attack north of Kabul on Friday, officials said. The deadly incident occurred last year in August outside Kabul, where 10 French soldiers were killed after Taliban insurgents attacked their patrol. According to the French President, the soldiers were attacked in Kapisa province, 60km north of the Afghan capital. A provincial police official said the incident happened when a convoy of the troops was passing Shokhi, a village in the east of Kapisa's centre, Mahmood Raqi at around 8am. In a statement, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has "strongly condemned" the attack. The French leader reaffirmed the commitment of his country toward Afghanistan, saying France is determined to continue to work on the re-establishment of peace and development in Afghanistan. Nearly 3,000 French soldiers have been stationed in Afghanistan, most of them in Kapisa and Kabul provinces. The latest death brings the total number of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 30 since the Afghan mission began in 2001. |
| Posted by:Fred |