Release Number 20091501-01

January 15, 2009

KABUL, Afghanistan –U.S. Forces Afghanistan express our condolences to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense and the people of Afghanistan, for the death of  Major Gen. Famahmad Sayar and those who died in today’s tragic aircraft accident in western Afghanistan.

“We express our deepest sympathies to the families of the lost Afghan National Army Soldiers,” said U.S. Force Afghanistan Director of Strategic Communications, Brig. Gen. Michael Ryan. “The legacy these Soldiers leave behind is one of unyielding commitment to making Afghanistan a safer and more secure place to live.”

 

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