Three Coalition Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

Georgian troops in a departure ceremony in Tbilisi in 2010 for 750 colleagues being deployed to Afghanistan.

Three Georgian Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan Attack -- Radio Free Europe

TBILISI -- Georgia's defense minister has announced that three Georgian soldiers were killed and several injured in a combined attack by militants on their base in southern Afghanistan.

A press statement by the international coalition in Afghanistan confirmed that three coalition soldiers were killed on May 13 in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan.

"A combined insurgent attack took place at the base, using an explosive device that was loaded on a truck, driven by a suicide bomber," Irakli Alasania told a special press briefing in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. "The Georgian soldiers repelled the attack, all terrorists were killed on the spot and, at this moment, they are in full control of the operational situation in the zone that falls under their responsibility."

Georgia's 42nd batallion is based in southern Helmand Province.

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