Русская версияA plane carrying the bodies of 10 French soldiers who were killed
in an ambush in Afghanistan earlier this week has arrived in Paris.
Eleven of the 21 French soldiers who were injured in the same
attack, arrived in France earlier in the day and were immediately
taken to hospital for further treatment.
Several Taliban insurgents
were also killed or injured in the gun battle that broke out after
the ambush, which occurred around 50 kilometres east of the Afghan
capital, Kabul. President Nicolas Sarkozy has travelled to Kabul
where he met with French soldiers serving in Afghanistan with the
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The French
president paid his respects at a military chapel and expressed his
government's continuing support for both the troops and their
mission.
(Deutsche Welle)
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