| 28.08.2008 | 00:00 UTC
First German soldier killed in Afghanistan in over a year
For the first time in over a year, a German soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. Three others were injured when the armoured vehicle he was travelling in struck a remote-controlled bomb near the northern city of Kunduz. The incident comes just weeks before the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag votes on whether to raise the number of Bundeswehr troops stationed in Afghanistan from 3,000 to 4,500. Most are stationed in the northern of the country as part of the International Security Assistance Force. 27 German troops have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
