In diesem Strang möchte ich an die 28 gefallenen Soldaten erinnern, welche diese Woche für die Freiheit ihr Leben hingaben.
Ten foreign troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 7 (Reuters) - Ten servicemen with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan were killed in separate incidents on Monday, the alliance said.
Two foreign civilians working for an American security company contracted to help train Afghan police were also killed in a Taliban suicide raid on a training camp in Kandahar, officials said.
It was one of the deadliest days in months for foreign troops fighting the Taliban. The Taliban are at their strongest since their overthrow in a U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
Five service members died in the same improvised explosive device (IED) attack in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance said. Two died in an IED blast and a third in another bomb attack in the south.
Two servicemen were killed by small arms fire in separate incidents in the south and east.
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Private Jonathan Monk killed in Afghanistan
A Military Operations news article
11 Jun 10
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Private Jonathan Michael Monk from 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 9 June 2010
[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]Gunmen kill six in attack on Nato convoy in Pakistan
Gunmen have opened fire on a Nato convoy near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing at least six people and setting vehicles on fire.
The assault took place early on Wednesday just some 10km (six miles) outside the city.
Correspondents say the incident is likely to be viewed with concern, as it is the closest to the capital that militants have struck so far.
The Nato trucks were carrying supplies to alliance troops in Aghanistan.
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Sapper Jacob Moerland and Sapper Darren Smith from the Brisbane-based 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2 CER) died as a result of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated yesterday morning, Afghanistan time.
They were part of an Australian dismounted patrol conducting operations in the Mirabad Valley region of Oruzgan province.
Both soldiers were serving with the 1st Mentoring Task Force in Afghanistan.
Sapper Smith’s Explosive Detection Dog Herbie was also killed.
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Soldier from 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery killed in Afghanistan
8 Jun 10
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a soldier from 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, attached to 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, this morning, Tuesday 8 June 2010.
[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]Polish soldier killed in Afghanistan
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Corpral Miłosz Górka was killed when his Wolverine was hit by a road-side IED. A number of soldiers were lightly wounded.US helicopter shot down trying to evacuate casualty from a British base
Four American servicemen were killed when their helicopter was shot down in Helmand yesterday during an operation to evacuate wounded British soldiers from a gun battle in Sangin.
Senior Airman Benjamin White, 24, of Erwin, Tennessee, assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan AF Base, Arizona
Staff Sergeant David Smith, 26, of Eight Mile, Alabama, assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis AF Base, Nevada.
1st Lieutenant Joel Gentz, 25, of Grass Lake, Michigan, assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis AF Base, Nevada.
Staff Sergeant Michael Flores, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan AF Base, Arizona
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2 Danish soldiers killed in accident
They were part of a mortarcrew preparing to deploy to Helmand in August. They were killed in an explosion during traning. Two others were wounded. They are all from the Royal Guards Regiment.
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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Canadian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Martin Goudreault, 35, died Sunday while on foot patrol roughly 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Kandahar, Brig.-Gen. Jon Vance said.
"Prior to the IED strike, this patrol was searching for a weapons cache in the rural area of Panjwaii district," Vance told a news conference at Kandahar Airfield Monday.
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