Suicide Attack Kills Two Danish Soldiers in Afghan South

Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency

Kandahar, 17 March: Two Danish soldiers have been killed and another wounded in a suicide attack [in southern Afghanistan]. The Danish Central Command in Copenhagen announced today that two Danish soldiers had been killed and another wounded in a suicide attack in Helmand’s Greshk District. The Military Command also said the soldiers were working in the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Greshk and fell prey to the suicide attack today.

Earlier, Helmand Police Chief Col Mohammad Hosayn Andiwal reported the incident to Afghan Islamic Press [AIP] and said three civilians had been killed and seven others wounded in the attack.

However, a number of reports say four foreign soldiers have been killed in the attack.

The Coalition forces in Kabul and the Taleban have yet to comment on the incident.

Originally published by Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0935 17 Mar 08.

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