Spanish soldiers vehicle hit an explosive device in Afghanistan and two Spanish soldiers were killed and 3 injured, the ministry of defense said Sunday.
It is said in statement that the soldiers were on routine patrolling when the blast occurred some 20km north of Gala-i-Naw city in the northwestern province of badghi. The injured were evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in the village of Bala Murghab. They suffered broken bones and bruises in the explosion.
In this month earlier four Spanish soldiers and civilians were injured when their armored vehicle hit to an explosive device while on patrolling in bagdhi province. Three of the victims suffered serious injuries. Two of them -- a lieutenant and a female soldier -- each had to have a leg amputated.
Near about 1,500 Spanish troops were serving in NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. There are around 130,000 NATO-led international troops fighting the near decade-long Taliban insurgency.
A limited withdrawal of foreign troops is expected to begin in July, ahead of a planned transition of responsibility to Afghan security forces due to be completed by end of 2014.
Spain will pull out 10 percent of its forces by the end of the first quarter of next year, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Friday at a European Union summit in Brussels. By the end of the first quarter of 2013 another 40 percent will be withdrawn and a full pull out will take place in 2014, he added. The Spanish troops are training Afghan army personnel to maintain peace, security and stability
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