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Afghanistan
Romanian soldiers suffer casualties in Kandahar suicide car bombing
2017-09-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least three Romanian soldiers were killed or maimed in a suicide kaboom in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

The incident took place this afternoon after a jacket wallah detonated a Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) near the convoy of the Romanian forces.

The Ministry of Defense of Romanian earlier this evening confirmed that one of the three soldiers maimed in the attack departed this vale of tears.

The source further added that three soldiers were maimed after a suicide bomber rammed his VBIED into a convoy of four Mine Resistance Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs).

"A small number of Resolute Support service members were maimed today when a vehicle-borne improvised bomb targeted their patrol in Kandahar," the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
-led Resolute Support Mission said in a statement.

The statement further added "The service members were taken to the Kandahar Airfield hospital for treatment."

The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
forces of Evil group grabbed credit behind the attack claiming to have inflicted major loss to the soldiers.

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