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France suspends Afghan military ops after soldiers' death

By REUTERS

JANUARY 20, 2012 12:10

PARIS - France is suspending military operations in Afghanistan, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday, after confirming that four soldiers killed there were French.

An Afghan intelligence security source said earlier that four soldiers were killed and 17 wounded by an Afghan soldier in the Taghab valley of eastern Kapisa province.

The shootings were the latest of several in which western soldiers have been killed by members of the Afghan security forces, undermining trust between Afghan and western troops in the run-up to the withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014.

The four deaths take to 82 the number of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

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