PRAGUE (Sputnik) – Three NATO service members who were killed in a suicide attack near the Bagram air base in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday were Czech citizens, Czech Defense Ministry spokeswoman Jana Zechmeisterova said.
“Three Czech servicemen aged 36,28 and 25 died,” Zechmeisterova told reporters.
Czech President Milos Zeman, Prime Minister Andrej Babis, and Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar have expressed condolences to the families of the deceased servicemen.
The NATO’s mission in Afghanistan was launched in 2015. It includes over 13,000 servicemen who are providing training and advice to the Afghan security personnel in their fight against terrorism, particularly against the Taliban group.
