Italian Army Corporal Vincenzo Cardella

Vincenzo Cardella

Italian Army Corporal Vincenzo Cardella, aged 24, died on 30th September 2006 from wounds he received in a roadside bomb blast four days previously.

The incident happened 10km south of Kabul when an Italian military convoy was on the road. A bomb was remotely detonated and killed one Italian soldier outright, injuring five other soldiers and killing an Afghan child who was in a car behind the convoy.

Cpl. Cardella was evacuated to a French Military hospital and later airlifted to Italy. Surgeons were unable to save his life. 

He served with Italy's 2nd Alpine Regiment.

Italian Army Corporal Giorgio Langella

Cpl. Langella

Italian Army Corporal Giorgio Langella, aged 31, was killed on 26th September 2006 from wounds received by a roadside bomb blast.

The incident happened 10km south of Kabul when an Italian military convoy was on the road. A bomb was remotely detonated killing Cpl. Langella and injuring five other soldiers. An Afghan child who was in a car behind the convoy also died in the attack.

Cpl. Langella served with Italy's 2nd Alpine Regiment.

Italian soldier, Giuseppe Orlando

Giuseppe Orlando

Italian Corporal Major Giuseppe Orlando, aged 28, died 21st September 2006 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a result of an accident that wounded two fellow soldiers.

Cpl. Orlando was in an armoured vehicle on a routine patrol when the avehicle in which the three were traveling rolled over while making a sharp turn because of a landslip in the land. He was a machine gunner riding in the top turret and was exposed. He died from his injuries.

The soldiers involved were members of the 22nd Company, 2nd Alpine Regiment, a component of the Battle Group 3.

RAF Nimrod aircraft crashes killing 14

Fourteen British military personnel have died after a Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 aircraft crashed in Afghanistan on Saturday 2nd September 2006.

The Nimrod exploded in mid-air near Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, shortly after air-to-air refuelling. The crew and passengers were on a mission to support Nato and Afghan forces in an operation against the Taliban in Helmand. 

The 14 crew members

The crew and passengers onboard were:

1. Allan Squires, Fl. Lieutentant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
2. Benjamin Knight, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
3. Gareth Nicholas, Fl. Lieutenant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
4. Gary Andrews, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
5. Adrian Davies, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
6. Gary Quilliam, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
7. Gerard Bell, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
8. John Langton, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
9. Joseph Windall, Marine, Royal Marines
10. Leigh Mitchelmore, Fl. Lieutenant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
11. Oliver Dicketts, L-Corporal, Parachute Regiment
12. Stephen Beattie, Sergeant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
13. Steve Johnson, Fl. Lieutenant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force
14. Steve Swarbrick, Fl. Lieutenant, 120 Sqn Royal Air Force