2 Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Two Danish soldiers were killed Thursday in a gunbattle with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, the Scandinavian country's military said.
The soldiers were part of a Danish reconnaissance unit that came under fire in Gereshk Valley in Helmand Province, the Army Operational Command said.
The two were evacuated by helicopter to a Danish
camp where they were pronounced dead.
«It is with great regret that I have received the news that two Danish soldiers from the reconnaissance unit in the Danish battalion in southern Afghanistan fell in a battle with the Taliban,» Maj. Gen. Poul Kiaerskou, head of the Army Operational Command, said in a statement.
The military did not release any other details about the shooting.
Denmark has some 600 troops in Helmand province that are part of NATO's 40,000-member force in Afghanistan.
A total of nine Danish troops have now been killed in Afghanistan.
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© AP 2007-11-29 18:37:20 -
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Two Danish soldiers were killed Thursday in a gunbattle with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, the Scandinavian country's military said.
The soldiers were part of a Danish reconnaissance unit that came under fire in Gereshk Valley in Helmand Province, the Army Operational Command said.
The two were evacuated by helicopter to a Danish
camp where they were pronounced dead.
«It is with great regret that I have received the news that two Danish soldiers from the reconnaissance unit in the Danish battalion in southern Afghanistan fell in a battle with the Taliban,» Maj. Gen. Poul Kiaerskou, head of the Army Operational Command, said in a statement.
The military did not release any other details about the shooting.
Denmark has some 600 troops in Helmand province that are part of NATO's 40,000-member force in Afghanistan.
A total of nine Danish troops have now been killed in Afghanistan.
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