France Sending More Military Equipment to Afghanistan

France will dispatch more hardware “within a few weeks” to Afghanistan to avoid a repetition of a bloody engagement last month that killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21. The ambush, which occurred during a routine patrol on Aug. 17-18 near Surobi, about 50 km. (31 mi.) east of Kabul, led to...

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