Merkel's surprise visit to Afghanistan
11 May 2013 3:22 AM GMT
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere have arrived in Afghanistan for a surprise visit, a German government spokesman said on Friday.
Merkel and de Maiziere went to the German forces’ headquarters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the spokesman said, without giving details of the visit.
It comes six days after the death of a German soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, who died in an attack by insurgents in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
Merkel and de Maiziere went to the German forces’ headquarters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the spokesman said, without giving details of the visit.
It comes six days after the death of a German soldier, part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, who died in an attack by insurgents in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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