Polish sapper, Corporal Pawel Stypula

Corporal Paweł Stypuła

On 26th June 2010 at about 19.45 (local time) in the southern part of Ghazni province, Polish sapper, Corporal Paweł Stypuła, was killed while defusing a land mine.

His team had been called by a Polish patrol who had narrowly escaped the blast from another IED.

Corporal Stypula, aged 26, was serving with the 2nd Masovian Sappers Brigade.

Polish soldier, Pawel Szwed

Senior Private Paweł Szwed

Senior Private Paweł Szwed, aged 27, was killed in action 20th August 2008, after the mobile patrol vehicle he was in struck a road mine (IED) 20km from Ghazni.

Directly after the explosion, Taliban insurgents opened fire with rifles and machine-guns. Pvt. Szwed died from injuries he received in the blast.

He served with the Mazowiecka Sapper Brigade in Kazun.

In the same incident, two other Polish soldiers died and one seriously wounded.

Polish soldier, Waldemar Sujdak

Snr. Cpl. Waldemar Sujdak

Senior Corporal Waldemar Sujdak, aged 28, was killed in action 20th August 2008, after the mobile patrol vehicle he was in struck a road mine (IED) 20km from Ghazni.

Directly after the explosion, Taliban insurgents opened fire with rifles and machine-guns. Cpl. Sujdak died from injuries he received in the blast.

He served with the Mazowiecka Sapper Brigade in Kazun.

In the same incident, two other Polish soldiers died and one seriously wounded.

Polish soldier, Private Pawel Brodzikowski

Paweł Brodzikowski

Senior Private Paweł Brodzikowski, aged 25, was killed in action 20th August 2008, after the mobile patrol vehicle he was in struck a road mine (IED) 20km from Ghazni.

Directly after the explosion, Taliban insurgents opened fire with rifles and machine-guns and Pvt. Brodzikowski was hit.

He served with the Mazowiecka Sapper Brigade in Kazun.

In the same incident, two other Polish soldiers died and one seriously wounded.