FRANCE: TRIBUTE TO TEN FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ON AUG. 18
August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008
PARIS, Aug. 29 - The government of France issued the following news release:
While out on a reconnaissance mission some fifty kilometres east of Kabul, in the centre of the country, French soldiers were killed during an ambush on 18 August at the end of the day. Ten soldiers died in the fighting and twenty-one were wounded. The French government pays tribute to the victims and expresses its heart-felt sympathy and support for their families. On 3 April 2008, during the NATO summi . . .
While out on a reconnaissance mission some fifty kilometres east of Kabul, in the centre of the country, French soldiers were killed during an ambush on 18 August at the end of the day. Ten soldiers died in the fighting and twenty-one were wounded. The French government pays tribute to the victims and expresses its heart-felt sympathy and support for their families. On 3 April 2008, during the NATO summi . . .