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Hungarian soldier killed, 3 wounded in attack in Afghanistan
Aug 23, 2010, 12:08 GMT
Budapest - One Hungarian soldier was killed and three wounded in an attack overnight Monday in northern Afghanistan, Hungary's Defence Ministry disclosed.
One of the wounded soldiers was in critical condition after the attack on a convoy travelling a road near Mazar-e-Sharif.
The convoy was on its way from an ISAF camp to Mazer-e-Sharif when first there was an explosion and then the convoy came under fire from several sides, the ministry said.
The Hungarian soldiers were part of a reconstruction unit, it said.
The ministry account follows a military statement out of Kabul in which a NATO soldier in the north of Afghanistan was reported killed in a bomb attack. The nationality of the soldier was not disclosed.
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