Wednesday, August 4, 2010

DTN News: First New Zealand Soldier Dies In Afghanistan....NSI News Source Info # 898

(NSI News Source Info) WELLINGTON, New Zealand - August 4, 2010: New Zealand suffered its first combat fatality in Afghanistan when a soldier died in an ambush that left another two New Zealand soldiers and an Afghan interpreter wounded, an official said on Wednesday.
The three wounded in the attack Tuesday in central Bamiyan province sustained serious injuries that were not life threatening, New Zealand Defense Force Chief Lt. Gen. Jerry Mateparae told reporters in Wellington.

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