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Eleventh Dutch soldier killed in Afghanistan
Sep 20, 2007, 20:07 GMT
Amsterdam - Another Dutch soldier was killed early Thursday evening in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said in parliament Thursday.
The 20-year-old soldier was killed just north of the Dutch military base at Deh Rawod, bringing the total number of Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 11.
Defence Minister Eimert van Middelkoop of the Christian Union said the death occurred during intensive fighting.
'The guerillas were forced to leave a vehicle, which was later destroyed by a Dutch Apache helicopter,' Van Middelkoop told reporters.
Dutch chief of staff Dick Berlijn was to provide more details about the incident at a press conference later Thursday.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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