More News On The Taliban Ambush On French Troops In Afghanistan

Ten French soldiers were killed during a battle with the Taliban in the Sarobi district Photo: AFP

Leak May Have Led To Taliban Ambush On French
In Afghanistan -- From France 24

French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné reported on Wednesday that the ambush by Taliban insurgents that killed 10 French troops in Afghanistan on August 18 was due to the defection of their Afghan interpreter.

New information surfaced Wednesday on the death on August 18 of 10 French soldiers who, while on a reconnaissance mission in Eastern Afghanistan, were ambushed by Taliban insurgents. French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné, reputed for its investigative reporting and political scoops, suggested that the French patrol may have been betrayed by their Afghan interpreter.

“A few hours before the soldiers departed on their mission on August 18, the interpreter who was supposed to accompany the small patrol disappeared,” said an article on Wednesday in Le Canard Enchaîné.

According to FRANCE 24 sources, this version of the facts was given to journalists by soldiers who had participated in the mission while they were being treated at the French military hospital in Kabul.

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My Comment: The fog of war in full display in this news article.