THE LEGACY OF A SOLDIER KILLED IN URUZGAN

The death of Azdin Chadli in a rocket attack on the Dutch military base in Uruzgan this week has reopened old wounds for the families of soldiers killed previously in Afghanistan. All relatives find it hard to cope with the loss, but one family managed to turn the evil into something good: by building a school in Uruzgan.

Timo Smeehuijzen was 20 years old when he was killed during his mission in Afghanistan. In June 2007, Timo was on patrol in the city of Tarin Kowt, in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, when a car bomb exploded, killing him and five Afghan children.

Ruud Smeehuijzen, Timo's father, and his wife not only suffered their own grief, but they also saw the grief of the parents of these children. It made them realise they wanted to do something to improve the lives of children and their parents in the troubled region - all in Timo's memory. read more (radionetherlands.nl)

DUTCH BASE IN URUZGAN NOT SO SAFE AFTER ALL read more (radionetherlands.nl)
DUTCH SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHAN ATTACK read more (expatica.com)
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April 12, 2009