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Italy is one of the targets of the Talibans

Yesterday, September 17, in Kabul, a bomb exploded by a kamikaze has killed in the Afghan capital twenty people, among which six Italians soldiers of the airborne Folgore (Lightning) Division.  

The attack has taken place on a street that is often utilized by the foreign convoys, near the district where are located the American embassy and various other western embassies.  

Only a few minutes prior to the deadly and devastating explosion, during the course of a press conference, President Hamid Karzai had confirmed his victory in the presidential elections that had been carried out according to the rules. 

In Italy, at six o ‘clock in the afternoon, the Italian Government issued this statement: The President of the Congress, Gianfranco Fini, after having expressed the grief of all the congressmen to the families of the victims and to the Armed Forces for the serious attack in Afghanistan in which six Italian soldiers have been killed and four other wounded, has announced for six o'clock in the afternoon, an urgent statement by the Government. The Minister of the Defense, Ignazio La Russa will report. The Assembly has observed a minute of silence.

The deceased soldiers are lance-corporal Matteo Mureddu 26, lieutenant Anthony Fortunato 35, lance-corporal David Ricchiuto 26, lance-corporal Gian Domenico Pistonami 26, sergeant Roberto Valente 37, and lance-corporal Max Randino 32.

This tragedy shows once more the high price that Italy and the Italian soldiers are paying for the mission in Afghanistan where they are fighting side by side with the American troops and with the other forces of the coalition. The country was deeply shocked by the news of the attack that have caused great disconcertment and sorrow. Some of the soldiers deceased or wounded had just arrived from Europe and had left Kabul airport when the bomb exploded and in Italy some important TV talk shows were dedicated immediately to the tragic event in order for some important political representatives to do a serious reflection on the ways with which it is possible to help in the world the processes of peace and the strengthening of democracy. 

 

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