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    July 13, 2011

Suicide Attack Kills 5 French Troops in Afghanistan

   VOA News

   Officials say a suicide bomber has killed five French soldiers in
   eastern Afghanistan.
   Wednesday's attack took place in the Tagab district of Kapisa province.
   At least one Afghan civilian was also killed when the bomber detonated
   his explosives near NATO troops.
   The deaths come a day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited
   Afghanistan and announced his country would pull out 1,000 troops by
   the end of 2012. France has about 4,000 troops in Afghanistan.
   Violence in the war-torn country is at its worst since U.S.-backed
   forces ousted the Taliban-led government in 2001.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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