- Many killed by Norwegian troops

An examination of the Wikileaks documents by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK shows that at least 40 insurgents have been killed by Norwegian troops on 44 missions in Afghanistan.

- The reports are credible, an unnamed soldier says to NRK.

The Norwegian Defence Command has never released figures showing the losses inflicted on the enemy by Norwegian troops.

NRK underlines that Norwegian troops in all likelihood has been onvolved in more missions than the 44 discovered.

(NRK)

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 07:26

Written by Rolleiv Solholm

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