Two Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan by roadside bomb

Sunday 18 April 2010

Two Dutch soldiers were killed in an explosion caused by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Saturday, the defence ministry has confirmed.

The two men, aged 29 and 23, were killed during a military operation, the ministry said.

A 21-year-old soldier was injured in the blast. His condition is said to be stable.

The deaths bring the total number of Dutch soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 23.

The Netherlands has some 1,800 soldiers and support staff in Afghanistan, mainly in the southern region of Uruzgan. They are due to begin returning home in August as the Netherlands withdraws from the Nato operation.

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