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Romanian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan
Apr 7, 2009, 10:08 GMT
Bucharest - A Romanian soldier was killed and four others injured by an explosive device during a patrol in Afghanistan on Tuesday, Romanian media reported, citing the Romanian Ministry of Defence in Bucharest.
According to the Mediafax news agency, the 32-year-old officer was killed immediately, as one of the four vehicles in his patrol struck the explosive device on a motorway between Kandahar and Kabul.
The fatality was the ninth suffered by the Romanian military. Romania stationed 956 soldiers in Afghanistan serving in NATO- and US-led missions.
On Friday a Romanian soldier was killed in combat with rebels south-west of Kabul.
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