Protests At Paris Match Photos Of Taliban Fighters With Trophies From Dead Soldiers

French Fury At Paris Match Photos Of Taliban Fighters With Trophies From Dead Soldiers -- The Telegraph

French politicians have condemned Paris Match magazine for publishing photographs of Taliban fighters wearing the uniform of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan last month.

The eight-page spread included images of insurgents holding guns, walkie-talkies, helmets and even a wrist-watch which had belonged to some of the ten French troops who died in an ambush 30 miles from Kabul on August 18.

Accompanying the pictures is a long interview in which the Taliban leader, who calls himself Commander Farouki, warns that every single French soldier found on Afghan soil will be killed.

He also claims his men were tipped off about the French mission in their area and were able to prepare the ambush with 140 highly-trained insurgents.

He said: "If night hadn't fallen we'd have killed every one of the soldiers."

The families of the dead troops have spoken of their distress at the interview. Joel Lepahun, the father of one, said: "It's a shock to see our children's killers parading their uniforms, their weapons."

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The Paris Match article can be found here.

More News On Reaction To Paris Match

Paris Match Taliban photoshoot shocks France -- The Independent
Furor over pics of Taliban in dead soldiers' kit -- CNN
Photos of Taliban Posing in Dead Soldier's Uniform Shock France -- FOX News
Knife wounds on French victim of Afghan ambush -- International Herald Tribune
France: Magazine Showcases Taliban -- New York Times
Afghanistan: Paris Match pictures 'promoting Taliban' -- The Guardian
France shocked by images of war -- BBC
Taliban leaders responsible for French ambush killed -- the Telegraph

My Comment: I am not surprised. Many American newspapers and media outlets want to have pictures of returning American soldiers in coffins at Dover. European news outlets are just looking for other photo images to shock their readers.

With the exception of the above photo, I will not post anymore pictures of this type.