JiiVee
09-11-2010, 02:20 PM
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Finnish and Swedish peacekeeping forces have come under attack in Afghanistan. The incident occurred Tuesday evening in the Sar-e Pul province, in the city of Sayadi. No one was injured.
The Finnish and Swedish troops became targets after intervening in a gun battle at a local police station.
The troops were not hurt in the fighting. Finnish troops previously came under fire on Monday this week.
Afghanistan is preparing for parliamentary elections later this month, and Finland has deployed additional forces to the country.
Currently, some180 Finnish peacekeepers are stationed in Afghanistan.
YLE
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/09/finnish_peacekeepers_under_fire_again_in_afghanist an_1963751.html
Finnish forces come under fire in Afghanistan
Finnish crisis management forces in Afghanistan came under fire again on Monday. The Finnish Defence Forces reported that a Swedish and Finnish patrol were fired at in Samangan Province about 75 kilometres southwest of the city of Aibak.
The patrol took small arms and bazooka fire. Nobody was injured in the incident.
There are fears that the upcoming Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will lead to increased unrest in the country. The Taleban have threatened to attack polling stations. Finnish forces came under fire several times before last year’s Presidential elections.
HS International
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finnish+forces+come+under+fire+in+Afghanistan+/1135259957594
Finnish and Swedish peacekeeping forces have come under attack in Afghanistan. The incident occurred Tuesday evening in the Sar-e Pul province, in the city of Sayadi. No one was injured.
The Finnish and Swedish troops became targets after intervening in a gun battle at a local police station.
The troops were not hurt in the fighting. Finnish troops previously came under fire on Monday this week.
Afghanistan is preparing for parliamentary elections later this month, and Finland has deployed additional forces to the country.
Currently, some180 Finnish peacekeepers are stationed in Afghanistan.
YLE
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/09/finnish_peacekeepers_under_fire_again_in_afghanist an_1963751.html
Finnish forces come under fire in Afghanistan
Finnish crisis management forces in Afghanistan came under fire again on Monday. The Finnish Defence Forces reported that a Swedish and Finnish patrol were fired at in Samangan Province about 75 kilometres southwest of the city of Aibak.
The patrol took small arms and bazooka fire. Nobody was injured in the incident.
There are fears that the upcoming Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will lead to increased unrest in the country. The Taleban have threatened to attack polling stations. Finnish forces came under fire several times before last year’s Presidential elections.
HS International
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Finnish+forces+come+under+fire+in+Afghanistan+/1135259957594