It was an attack that shook the troops deeply. The brutal truth about fight in Afghanistan
A German Marder tank was struck by a hidden improvised explosive device while on patrol in Baghlan, about 35 kilometers south of Kunduz, a spokesman for the German Federal Defense Force said in Potsdam.
The tank, which carried a crew of six German soldiers, was destroyed and the injured were tranferred by helicopter to a German base in Kunduz, the spokesman said.
"There is evidence that our soldiers were intentionally lured to a trap," said a German officer in Afghanistan"
Type of Tank: Marder 1A5
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More than 200 kilos of explosives and 37 ton armored of a scrap heap.
Suddenly a huge explosion rips the silence of the morning. An armored personnel carrier of the type "Marder 1A5" disappears in a cloud of black smoke, the convoy of the army stopped immediately, paramedics rush to the stricken armored, and found completely destroyed vehicle.
Six soldiers were in Tank. Two of them, 21 (Corporal) and 46 (field weavers of the reserve) years old, are seriously injured, three light - a 30-year-old sergeant, a 27-year-old Staff Sergeant, another at the age of 24 years.
Allah will punish western countries for killing innocents in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
A German Marder tank was struck by a hidden improvised explosive device while on patrol in Baghlan, about 35 kilometers south of Kunduz, a spokesman for the German Federal Defense Force said in Potsdam.
The tank, which carried a crew of six German soldiers, was destroyed and the injured were tranferred by helicopter to a German base in Kunduz, the spokesman said.
"There is evidence that our soldiers were intentionally lured to a trap," said a German officer in Afghanistan"
Type of Tank: Marder 1A5
Pictures available:
http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/...eber-kampf-in-afghanistan-18382098.bild.html#
More than 200 kilos of explosives and 37 ton armored of a scrap heap.
Suddenly a huge explosion rips the silence of the morning. An armored personnel carrier of the type "Marder 1A5" disappears in a cloud of black smoke, the convoy of the army stopped immediately, paramedics rush to the stricken armored, and found completely destroyed vehicle.
Six soldiers were in Tank. Two of them, 21 (Corporal) and 46 (field weavers of the reserve) years old, are seriously injured, three light - a 30-year-old sergeant, a 27-year-old Staff Sergeant, another at the age of 24 years.
Allah will punish western countries for killing innocents in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
