Afghan rocket attack kills Dutch soldier, wounds 5
An insurgent rocket attack hit "Camp Holland" The Netherlands' main military base in southern Afghanistan late Monday, killing one Dutch soldier and wounding five of his colleagues and two Afghan soldiers, a top military official said. Gen. Peter van Uhm, the country's defense chief, identified the dead man as Soldier First Class Azdin Chadli, 20. The soldier had arrived in Afghanistan just a week ago, Van Uhm said at a news conference in The Hague. Two of the wounded were in critical condition and were taken to Kandahar for treatment. A total of 19 Dutch soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since August 2006, when the government took the unpopular step of sending 1,650 troops to serve with the NATO-led force. One of the dead was Van Uhm's son, who was killed last year shortly after his father was promoted to military chief.
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