Jordanian Army officer killed by bomb blast

Jordanian Army officer, 1st Lieutenant Majid Amir Abu Qdairi, was killed 22nd May 2011 by a roadside bomb that was detonated as the humanitarian aid convoy he was escorting passed.

Three Jordanian soldiers were injured in the blast.

The incident happened in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, a Jordanian military spokesman said.

The three injured troops have been evacuated to hospital in Amman, Jordan.

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Date	Name	Rank	Age	Unit	Cause
22-May-11	Qdairi, Majid Amir	1st Lt		Jordan Army	Bomb blast
30-Dec-09	Zeid, Ali bin	Captain		Jordan Army	Hostile fire

Jordanian officer killed

The Jordanian Army announced 30th December 2009 that one of its ranking officers was killed earlier in the day in Afghanistan. 

'Captain Ali bin Zeid was martyred this evening as he performed his humanitarian duty along with other Jordanian troops operating in Afghanistan,' the official Petra news agency quoted an army spokesman as saying. 

The statement gave no details as to the circumstances of bin Zeid's death, but said that he held the title of 'Sherif,' an indication that he was close to the ruling family. He is the first Jordanian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.