SUROBI, Afghanistan - About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French parachutists, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. military base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The death of the French soldiers marked the biggest single loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said today.
"In its fight against terrorism, France...
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