Most serious for the resolve of the alliance was an ambush on French soldiers near the town of Sarobi, only some 50km (30 miles) outside Kabul.

对北约的决心打击最大的是，法国士兵在喀布尔城外约50公里处的Sarobi镇遭伏击。

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In Sarobi, on the road between Jalalabad and Kabul, a checkpoint notorious in pre-Taliban days for extorting money from travellers has reportedly been re-established.

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Tribal leader Malik Samad and district chief Muhammad Haqbeen told CNN that Joseph and an Afghan doctor were abducted near the village of Jegdalek in the Sarobi district, just outside Kabul.

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