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latimes.com - 8/19/2008
French paratroopers killed when ambushed by about 100 insurgents near Kabul, Afghanistan. In a separate coordinated attack today, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base ne - Los Angeles Times
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- In the worst loss of life for Western troops in ground combat with Taliban forces in Afghanistan, insurgents ambushed and killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a sustained assault outside the capital, military officials said Tuesday. Separately, militants made an hours-long attempt to overrun a major U.S. base in southeastern Afghanistan, employing an unnerving new ...

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  (Ten) French paratroopers killed in ambush near Kabul

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(Ten) French paratroopers killed in ambush near Kabul
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... in more than three years. The soldiers were on a renonnaissance mission in the Surobi district, about 30 miles east of the Afghan capital, when they were ambushed Monday afternoon. NATO sent backup and said a "large number" of the attackers were killed in the three-hour gunbattle. An Afghan official said insurgents kidnapped four of the soldiers and later killed them. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to release the information. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afg...

Violence Up In The Forgotten Front
Wonk Room — ... , Special Assistant for National Security at American Progress. In the deadliest ground combat exchange between international forces and Afghanistan insurgents since the 2001 U.S. invasion, 10 members of an elite French paratroop unit were ambushed and killed in fighting with over a hundred Taliban fighters. Another 21 French soldiers were wounded in the battle, which took place only 30 miles east of Kabul. The French casualties coincided with another sustained Taliban attack, as a group of Taliban fighters launched waves of mortar and rocket attacks on Forward Operating Base ...

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