Afghan Soldiers

They have been in 2011 Seventeen cases of demolition, accidents or forced landings of helicopters of NATO in Afghanistan, and the Taliban often attributed the actions, although it is impossible to verify independently. This same Saturday, according to AIP, the military organization reported that one of its helicopters was forced to improvise a landing by technical problems in the Eastern Province of Khost, while fatalities were recorded. Reaction of the U.S. President Obama mourned the death of the soldiers when the helicopter crashed, but said that he will continue fighting for national security. His death is a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in the army and their families, including those who provide service in Afghanistan, said Obama in a statement issued Saturday by the White House. We will look for inspiration in their lives, and will continue the work of safeguarding our country and dnder values (the soldiers) embodied, said Obama.

The U.S. President also mourned the death of seven Afghans who fought alongside us troops in the search for a future more peaceful and hopeful for their country. History of victories the most serious events for EE UU in Afghanistan troops were until now an accident and a takedown of Chinook helicopters in 2005 that barely three months apart, in total caused 34 deaths, three of them civilians. That same year, in August, other 17 Spanish soldiers died crashing his unit not far from the city of Herat in northwestern Afghanistan. The foreign soldiers deployed in Afghanistan began last month the withdrawal and the transfer of the responsibilities of security tasks to Afghan forces in seven areas of the country, a priori between the quietest. This year they have been killed in Afghanistan, not counting those who died by falling from the helicopter, 342 foreign soldiers, according to the independent website icasualties.org, and the fighting remain constant.

This same Saturday, Afghan police reported the deaths of eight civilians in a bombing of the Aviation of the NATO mission in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, although the organization said to be investigating the facts. The event took place on Friday evening in the Nad Ali district, following an attack suffered by a patrol of NATO which caused the death of a soldier, said the j. of the district police, Shadi Khan. A spokesman for the Mission of NATO, Justin Brockhoff, recognized the armed confrontation and a subsequent bombardment against the position of the insurgents. Shortly after the incident, Coalition forces received information that several civilians had been taken hostage by the insurgents, and that could have been present during the bombing, added Brockhoff.