An Italian soldier was killed and two others injured on Monday during an operation in Afghanistan

An Italian soldier was killed and two others injured on Monday during an operation in Afghanistan, the military said. The soldier came under attack during a joint patrol with Afghan forces in the Murghab valley in the northwestern Badghis province, the Italian military said. Two soldiers were also injured in the assault, one of them seriously.
A total of 41 Italian soldiers have been killed in military operations since the beginning of the conflict. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid tribute to the paratrooper "and all our soldiers engaged in peace operations against terrorism."