French soldier killed in Afghanistan

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

French soldier killed in Afghanistan
25 Jul 2007 10:50:53 GMT

PARIS, July 25 (Reuters) - A French soldier was killed in
Afghanistan in a rocket attack on Afghan army quarters
southwest of Kabul, the French defence ministry said on
Wednesday.

The attack happened in the province of Wardak where the
non-commissioned officer was training a unit of the Afghan
army.

France has around 1,100 soldiers in Afghanistan mainly in
the Kabul region as part of the NATO-led International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which is made up of
40,000 soldiers from 37 countries.


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