30 Afghan soldiers killed by Taliban

In an attack by the Taliban in the northwest of Afghanistan, thirty soldiers were killed.

Dutch minister Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs) has just visited Afghanistan. Dutch soldiers have been active in Afghanistan since 2002. They train and help members of the security apparatus in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

The Taliban conducted a reign of terror in the country from the mid-1990s until the American invasion of 2001. Since then, they have been attempting to regain power by force.