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Five Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Dec 21, 2011, 12:04 GMT
Warsaw - Five Polish soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Wednesday, in what was the single biggest attack on Polish forces since their deployment in the country, Polish media reported.
The soldiers were allegedly killed by Taliban militants in the southeastern Ghazni province, the Polish Press Agency reported.
It was one of 'the most tragic events' in the country's mission so far, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Poland has some 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan as part of the US-led mission, which it joined in 2002.
The latest attack raised Poland's overall death toll in Afghanistan to 36.
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