Taliban kills four French soldiers in Afghanistan
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June 10, 2012, Sunday
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A SUICIDE bomber dressed in a burqa blew himself up near a French patrol in Afghanistan yesterday, killing four soldiers and wounding five, one of the deadliest attacks on the French contingent in months, as the Taliban step up a spring offensive.
The attack occurred in the mountainous Kapisa Province in the east of the country, an area mainly patrolled by a French force under NATO command. "It was an unfortunate incident. There was a patrol of coalition soldiers in a small bazaar and they were attacked by a suicide bomber wearing a burqa," Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
French President Francois Hollande's office in Paris confirmed that the soldiers involved in the attack were French. A statement from his office said among the five wounded, three were in a serious condition, and Hollande would despatch defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to Afghanistan today.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack occurred in the mountainous Kapisa Province in the east of the country, an area mainly patrolled by a French force under NATO command. "It was an unfortunate incident. There was a patrol of coalition soldiers in a small bazaar and they were attacked by a suicide bomber wearing a burqa," Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
French President Francois Hollande's office in Paris confirmed that the soldiers involved in the attack were French. A statement from his office said among the five wounded, three were in a serious condition, and Hollande would despatch defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to Afghanistan today.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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