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Tuesday, 9 April, 2002, 17:26 GMT 18:26 UK
British peacekeeper shot in
Kabul
Soldiers attended a service for the Queen Mother
A British peacekeeper has been shot and seriously injured on
duty in Afghanistan.
The soldier, from the Royal Anglian Regiment, was on patrol in the capital Kabul on Tuesday morning when he was accidentally shot. Lieutenant-Colonel Neal Peckham, the military spokesman for the UK-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), said a gun had gone off accidentally. The incident "did not involve any party outside of Isaf", he said. The news came as it emerged Royal Marines have seized cave complexes deep in the Afghan mountains along the Pakistan border in the biggest operation mounted so far by British forces in the region. The 44 Royal Marines supported by a mortar unit from the Parachute Regiment arrived at the caves last week, but al-Qaeda fighters had already fled the area. In a separate development, the Pentagon denied earlier reports that a US soldier had been killed in a grenade attack near the eastern city of Gardez. Robberies The injured British soldier, who was treated at a local French hospital and then evacuated from Kabul, is reported to have been hit in the head by a single bullet. It is the first casualty sustained by the 2,000-strong UK peacekeeping contingent in the war-torn country. The British troops have been tasked with patrolling the volatile and crime-ridden west of the city. It has been hit by a wave of armed robberies blamed on unemployed Northern Alliance soldiers who fought against the Taleban. Several peacekeepers have been shot at in the area, known as District 6, in recent weeks, said Lt Col Peckham. Queen Mother tribute
Three days ago, two rockets were fired at a barracks being used by the peacekeeping troops on the eastern edge of the city. No one was hurt. Between eight and 12 troops were on patrol on Tuesday when the shooting happened at 1050 local time (0620 GMT). The incident came as other members of the Royal Anglian Regiment held a sombre ceremony at their Kabul base to mark the Queen Mother's funeral. Some 300 soldiers said prayers and listened as bagpipes and bugles were played during the ceremony at a former wheat factory just off dusty Jalalabad road. The Queen Mother was honorary colonel-in-chief of the regiment from its formation in 1964. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================ |
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