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French soldier killed in Afghanistan: Elysee

French soldier killed in Afghanistan: Elysee
# 14 November 2011 18:21 (UTC +04:00)
Baku-APA. A French soldier was killed Monday morning in Afghanistan, bringing to 76 the total number of French troop died in the restless country since 2001, the Elysee Palace said in a statement.

The president’s office said that the soldier was fatally wounded in a fight to defend a logistics convoy against local insurgents in Kapisa region of northeastern Afghanistan.

Another soldier was injured in the exchange of fire, the statement added.

France earlier announced a withdrawal of about 4,000 French soldiers deployed in Afghan territories as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) by 2014. One quarter of the troops were scheduled to quit Afghanistan before the end of 2012.
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