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WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A Polish soldier serving with NATO’s international forces in Afghanistan was injured when a convoy he was traveling in ran into a land mine.
Maj. Miroslaw Ochyra, a spokesman for the Polish military contingent, said the officer -- whose identity was given as Capt. Artur R. -- suffered leg injuries in an explosion of a land mine trap, Polish Radio reported Wednesday.
The officer was being treated in a hospital in Salerno and doctors say his condition is stable and his injuries are not life-threatening.
During the past year, a total of 12 Polish soldiers have been injured and one killed in Afghanistan.
The Polish contingent in Afghanistan totals about 1,200 troops.
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