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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Blast Kills 3 Danish Soldiers |
| 2009-06-19 |
| [Quqnoos] Three Danish soldiers died in the Afghan southern Helmand province after a roadside bomb struck their vehicle Wednesday, military sources said The incident takes the death toll of the Danish soldiers to 25 since Denmark joined the US-led mission in Afghanistan in 2002. The vehicle was leading a convoy between two military bases in the southern Afghan province of Helmand -- the stronghold of the Taliban militants -- when the bomb hit the troops. The soldiers were seriously wounded in the blast and they were flown by a helicopter to a British army hospital where they died. "Three Danish soldiers have lost their lives as they worked to make the life safer for us all," Denmark's Prime Minister, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, said in a statement. Denmark, a NATO ally who is going to lead this organization from August on, has around 700 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 600 of the troops are stationed in Helmand, where fighting with the Taliban has been fiercest. Wednesday's casualties were the single fatal incident for Danish soldiers in the past six months. Britain and Denmark and the two close allies operating against insurgency and drug trade in Helmand, the single Afghan province that produces most of the world's narcotics. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Hello Yeththth. I thought you were still in hospital after that episode at the Holocaust Museum. Does the judge know you have 'net access? |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2009-06-19 12:26 |
| #2 "A fool and his life are soon parted" |
| Posted by: Truth Yesssss 2009-06-19 04:17 |
| #1 God bless them and their families. |
| Posted by: JAB 2009-06-19 01:50 |