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Afghan ambush kills 10 French troops (AP)




A French armoured vehicle heads toward the scene of a gun battle in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008. About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday.French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would immediately fly to Kabul.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. In a separate coordinated attack Tuesday, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.





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