French Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

    Three French soldiers have been killed in a violent storm in north-eastern Afghanistan the BBC quotes French military officials as saying. The soldiers, serving with a parachute regiment, "died accidentally" at night in Kapisa province, officials said. Army spokesman Christophe Prazuck said one of the soldiers was hit by lightning and the other two were swept away by a fast flowing river.


                                                                          

    The rest of the French regiment appears to be ok after immediately surrendering to a local DOPPLER RADAR station.