One Danish soldier killed, bringing fatalities in Afghanistan to 40
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, Jan 9, IRNA -- A Danish soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, bringing Denmark military fatalities to 40, according to Danish press.
The unidentified soldier died during patrol near Gereskh based in Helmand province.
Denmark has deployed around 650 troops in war-stricken Helmand as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) which is facing a fierce Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgency in mainly southern Afghanistan.
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