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08:41, November 30, 2007 |
Two Danish soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan, news reaching here Thursday said.
The soldiers belong to a Danish reconnaissance unit stationed in the Upper Gereshk Valley of Helmand Province. They were killed by small arms in a battle with Taliban insurgents, the Danish military said.
The two soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to a field hospital where they were pronounced dead.
The military did not release any other details about the battle.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed his condolences to the soldiers' families in a statement.
He said that it was a deep tragedy when the soldiers died during fight to improve other people's living conditions.
Denmark has some 600 troops in Helmand province which are part of NATO's 40,000-member force in Afghanistan.
Source: Xinhua
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