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| Afghanistan |
| French soldiers, Taliban die in Afghan fighting |
| 2006-08-26 |
| Rooters, spin starts right after the introducing paragraph. By KABUL, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Two French soldiers have been killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, the French Defence Ministry said on Saturday, the latest casualties in the bloodiest stretch of violence since the Taliban were overthrown five years ago. A ministry official said the soldiers were on patrol with special forces on Friday when a bomb exploded and "extremists" scare quotes from the original text, I promise opened fire with light weapons in an ambush 38 km (24 miles) from Mihtarlam, capital of the eastern province of Laghman. Two other French soldiers were wounded but were in stable condition. Foreign forces said they killed 22 rebels in air and artillery strikes on Friday in the south, where the Taliban resurgence is at its strongest. About 2,000 people, most of them Since mid-2003, about 200 French special forces personnel have been fighting the Taliban under U.S. command. France this week pledged 2,000 troops to a U.N. force in Lebanon intended to keep a truce between |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #3 That's because pakistani taliban are not foreign, they're, huh... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-08-26 13:22 |
| #2 90 foreign soldiers all you need to know |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-26 13:19 |
| #1 France is beginning to step up to the plate. I respect her for that. 2,000 dead Talibunnies to 90 Coalition troops? That's a pretty good ratio in our favor. |
| Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-26 13:00 |