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US Ambassador to France, Charles H. Rivkin (C), leaves the Invalides courtyard in Paris, on June 14, 2012, after a national ceremony of remembrance for  the four French soldiers killed on June 9, 2012 in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, where around 4,000 French troops are serving. A total of 87 French soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the start of NATO-led operations against the Taliban in the country in 2001, including nine in 2012.

US Ambassador to France, Charles H. Rivkin (C), leaves the Invalides courtyard in Paris, on June 14, 2012, after a national ceremony of remembrance for the four French soldiers killed on June 9, 2012 in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, where around 4,000 French troops are serving. A total of 87 French soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the start of NATO-led operations against the Taliban in the country in 2001, including nine in 2012.