May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Mazar-e_sharif":
National: 23 Mar 12
A Swedish soldier on duty in Afghanistan was seriously injured by a roadside bomb on Friday west of the Swedish military base in Mazar-i-Sharif.
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National: 13 Aug 11
A Swedish soldier was shot in the leg during a routine mission neary Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
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National: 19 Nov 10
A Swedish officer and two Finnish soldiers were seriously injured when their vehicle was shot with a rocket launcher in Afghanistan on Friday.
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National: 18 Aug 10
A Swedish patrol was involved in a firefight in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning as the soldiers were towing a vehicle west of the town of Mazar-e-Sharif. The Swedes are reported to have escaped unhurt.
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Politics: 26 Jul 10
The Social Democrats' leader, Mona Sahlin, is visiting Afghanistan for the first time. During her trip, she will visit Swedes in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
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National: 25 Mar 10
The attack which left two Swedish officers dead in February has been described as a "pure execution" in an Armed Forces report on the incident published on Thursday. The report did not however rule out friendly fire.
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National: 17 Feb 10
Support for the military operation in Afghanistan has increased strongly since the death of two Swedish officers and a local interpreter on February 7th, a new poll shows.
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National: 11 Feb 10
The Taliban has claimed that it was behind the attack that killed two Swedish solders and their Afghan interpreter on Sunday.
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National: 10 Feb 10
Sweden plans to reinforce its contingent of troops in Afghanistan with 30 soldiers to be sent from Karlsborg during next week.
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National: 9 Feb 10
Three men have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of being connected to the the death of Swedish soldiers Johan Palmlöv and Gunnar Andersson near Mazar-e Sharif on Sunday.
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National: 8 Feb 10
Military police are conducting an investigation into reports that the two Swedish military officers killed in Afghanistan on Sunday were attacked by a police officer.
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National: 7 Feb 10
Two Swedish military officers and a local interpreter were killed on Sunday when their unit came under fire west of Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan.
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Society: 5 Jan 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling on Sunday and Monday greeted Swedish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.
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Society: 14 Dec 09
A Swedish army gender adviser in Afghanistan has taken the Armed Forces to task for only employing local men to perform massages on troops stationed in Mazar-E-Sharif.
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National: 12 Nov 09
The conditions of two of the soldiers injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday are reported to have deteriorated overnight.
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National: 11 Nov 09
Five Swedish soldiers have been injured in an explosion that also claimed the life of a local foreign language interpreter, the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday.
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National: 28 May 06
Details of attacks on members of the Swedish Armed Forces on peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan have not been reported to the parliamentary defence committee.
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National: 8 Feb 06
Just weeks before Sweden doubles its peacekeeping presence in Afghanistan, planes are on standby to evacuate Swedes from areas affected by the furore surrounding the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.
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