MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) soldiers from Romania died in an attack on a base in southern Afghanistan, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense said in a press release.
"Two Romanian soldiers have died and a third was injured following an incident which took place Saturday, May 7, at 10.45, near the town of Kandahar," the ministry said Saturday.
The attack was reportedly carried out by two insurgents dressed in Afghan army uniforms at the Kandahar airfield. The gunmen were killed in retaliatory fire.
A third Romanian soldier wounded in the attack was transferred to a hospital in Germany, the ministry said, adding that the incident is under a military commission investigation.
The two killed NATO soldiers were members of the alliance’s US-led 14-nation Operation Resolute Support that trains, advises and assists local forces. NATO’s combat mission in Afghanistan ended on December 31, 2014.
