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| Italy soldiers killed in Afghanistan car crash in Herat | Italy soldiers killed in Afghanistan car crash in Herat |
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| Three Italian soldiers have been killed as the armoured car they were travelling in overturned in Afghanistan's western province of Herat, officials have said. | |
| The vehicle was racing to rescue another, Italy's defence ministry said. | The vehicle was racing to rescue another, Italy's defence ministry said. |
| Italian President Giorgio Napolitano expressed his deepest condolences to the soldiers' families over the deaths. | Italian President Giorgio Napolitano expressed his deepest condolences to the soldiers' families over the deaths. |
| Italy has deployed 3,800 soldiers as part of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). | Italy has deployed 3,800 soldiers as part of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). |
| The accident happened some 12 miles (20km) south-west of Shindand, in the west of the country. | The accident happened some 12 miles (20km) south-west of Shindand, in the west of the country. |
| According to the unit's commander, quoted by the Italian press, the vehicle was involved in an operation to rescue another unit which had become blocked in bad weather. | According to the unit's commander, quoted by the Italian press, the vehicle was involved in an operation to rescue another unit which had become blocked in bad weather. |
| "As it crossed a body of water it overturned, trapping three soldiers inside who subsequently died," the commander is quoted as telling La Repubblica newspaper. | "As it crossed a body of water it overturned, trapping three soldiers inside who subsequently died," the commander is quoted as telling La Repubblica newspaper. |
| In a separate development, a police officer has been killed in a car bomb attack at the entrance to a police station in the city of Kandahar, officials say. | |
| The regional police chief said the attacker detonated his explosives at the checkpoint outside the station. | |
| Two other police officers and two civilians were injured. No one has so far admitted carrying out the attack. |