The three German troops who died on Tuesday were travelling in an armored personnel carrier like this one.
Posted on 06/24/2009 11:19:16 AM PDT by wolf78
Three German soldiers died on Tuesday amid heavy fighting in northern Afghanistan. The casualties are just the latest indication that security in the north, the region in which Germany leads the peacekeeping effort, is deteriorating. For months, attacks on German troops operating in the northern Afghanistan region around Kunduz have been increasing. On Tuesday, three Bundeswehr soldiers died in yet another Taliban offensive.
According to the Defense Ministry in Berlin, Islamist insurgents attacked a patrol six kilometers southwest of Kunduz with grenade launchers and small arms fire. In the ensuing firefight, an armored personnel carrier plunged into a deep ditch full of water. Two soldiers died immediately in the accident and may have drowned. A third was pulled free of the wreck but died a short time later.
German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, visiting troops in the northern German city of Kiel on Tuesday, announced the tragedy. "I have bad news. Three soldiers in Afghanistan have died in the service of peace," he said. Those present held a moment of silence in honor of the fallen.
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How many Taliban were killed? If more than three, then our side is still winning. I just love how the leftist media spins failed Taliban attacks as a sign we cannot win.
It’s a pretty basic fact that wars aren’t won on the basis of bodycount, but on the achievement of strategic objectives..
aq is trying to get merkle to pull out all German troops since they are the weakest of the nato nations in the stan and don’t really fight anyway it’s easy Just like spain in Iraq
Just for a short moment i saw that fighting vehicle and thought back to Rommel’s war in the African desert and the TV spin off, Rat Patrol. My how things have changed. germans our allies. Prayers for their faighter no matter the cpacity. God I hope we can win this thing through the hearts and minds of the talibunnies because the ROE’s are as whacky as I’ve ever heard them before.
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