Two Romanian soldiers killed by IED blast

Sgt. Major Marius Florin Sfeches

Private Cristian-Petru Filip

Two Romanian soldiers were killed near Qalat on 1st October when the Humvee they were in went over an improvised explosive device (IED). The two troops, Sergeant Major Marius Florin Sfeches and private Cristian Petru Filip, were part of Carpathian Hawks 812 Battalion. Since the war began in Afghanistan, a total of 17 Romanian troops were killed and 55 others were injured. 

A total of 1,650 Romanian troops are deployed in the country.

Sfeches was 25 years old and was not married. Filip was 25, not married.

IED kills two Romanian troops

Two Romanian troops were killed 23rd June 2010 near Qalat, after their Humvee was hit by a makeshift remotely detonated explosive device.

According to the Romanian Defense Ministry, the two soldiers were part of the 33rd Maneuver Battalion in Afghanistan.

"Sergeant-Major Dan Ciobotaru and Corporal Paul Caracuda were on a mission on the Kabul-Kandahar motorway. Around 30 km away from Qalat, their Humvee was attacked with a remotely detonated explosive device. The two soldiers lost their lives in the explosion," the Defense Ministry said.

Ciobotaru was 28 and not married. Caracuda, 36, had been employed with the Defense Ministry since 1996. He was married and had two children.