Isaf confirms death of two German soldiers (Afghanistan)

26. June 2005

Two German soldiers died with an explosion into Afghanistan. That communicated a speaker Isaf to the international safety troop. A third German Federal Armed Forces soldier was heavily wounded and is to be brought to the treatment to Germany.

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Kunduz - with the explosion of ammunition and a weapon camp in the north of Afghanistan according to military data two German soldiers were killed. A further German soldier and several Afghan civilians hurt, when the camp should be blown up in the Saturday afternoon, communicated a speaker of the NATO-LED troops on Sunday.

"the soldiers are missed and are probably dead - it was an enormous explosion", said major Joe Bowman, speaker of the Isaf troop, yesterday evening. This morning the international colonial force Isaf confirmed then the death of the two German soldiers. A third soldier, who was hurt, is to be gone on a trip now to Germany. Also several Afghan civilians were hurt with the misfortune.

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KABUL (Reuters) - A truckload of munitions exploded in northern Afghanistan at the weekend, killing six Afghan civilians and two German soldiers from the NATO-led peacekeeping force, officials said.

Seven civilians and a peacekeeper were hurt in the blast near an airfield in Takhar province on Saturday afternoon as the munitions were being taken for disposal, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Zahir Murad said on Sunday.

"On the way, there was an explosion in one of the trucks that completely destroyed it," he said. "As a result, two PRT personnel and six civilians were killed and seven civilians wounded."

Lieutenant-Colonel Karen Tissot Van Patot, a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said two soldiers from its regional Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) observing the munitions' disposal had been killed, while another was wounded.

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...last I heard. I'm sure some other countries do also. You'd never know that "old Europe" had troops on the ground in the REAL war on terror (Afghanistan) from listening to the U.S. media, though.

Mostly support troops and a few elite spec-ops units.

IIRC, Germany is the nation with the mosts troops deployed in the "war against terrorism", after the US.

that people still use.

A third soldier, who was hurt, is to be gone on a trip now to Germany. :rofl:

Terrible.