PARIS — France's government on Sunday said a French soldier died in Afghanistan when insurgents fired an anti-tank weapon against an armored vehicle he was traveling in east of the capital, Kabul.
The French Defense Ministry said that two other soldiers were injured in the attack a day earlier near the village of Landakhel, in the Kapisa Valley, where French forces are engaged as part of a NATO mission.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed France's commitment to the mission and the Afghan people in a statement Sunday that announced the soldier's death.
