Thursday, June 14, 2012
Brothers in arms stand in the Invalides courtyard in Paris, on June 14, 2012 during a national ceremony of remembrance for the four French soldiers killed on June 9, 2012 in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, where around 4,000 French troops are serving. A total of 87 French soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the start of NATO-led operations against the Taliban in the country in 2001.
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