30.04.2008 - Czech soldier dies in Afghanistan
The soldier died when he was transported to hospital.
Further four troops in the Humvee military vehicle were wounded, one of them seriously.
The soldiers belong to the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
Picek said all five injured soldiers received first aid after the incident and a helicopter transported them to a military hospital in Bagram.
The bomb blasted at 15:50 local time in the Logar province.
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This is the third Czech soldier who has died in Afghanistan.
In March, a Czech military policeman was killed in a suicide attack.
A year ago, a Czech soldier died in an accident caused by flooding in northern Afghanistan.
(Ceske Noviny)
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