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Four Norwegian soldiers killed in Afghanistan | |
2010-06-28 | |
OSLO — A roadside bomb hit a Norwegian convoy in Afghanistan and killed four soldiers, the military announced, in the deadliest single attack on the Scandinavian country's troops in the conflict. "Four soldiers were killed this afternoon," military spokeswoman Heidi Langvik Hansen told AFP.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said he was "deeply saddened" by the deaths. "Our thoughts are above all with those who were close to the victims," said General Bernt Iver Ferdinand Brovold, head of the operational chief of staff, in an army statement. Defence Minister Grete Faremo said, "Norway has been hit hard. The loss deeply affects us all. It's hard and it reminds us of the risk we're taking." The attack takes to nine the number of Norwegian soldiers who have lost their lives in Afghanistan, which international forces invaded in late 2001 to remove the Taliban regime. Norway has about 500 soldiers in the country, most of them stationed in the capital Kabul or in the north. | |
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