Czech soldier in serious condition following Monday’s bomb attack

A Czech soldier injured in Monday’s suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan remains in a serious condition at a US hospital in Kandahar. He is said to be in an induced coma, on a life support machine. Meanwhile, President Klaus on Tuesday revealed the name of the Czech soldier who died in the blast, when he sent his widow a letter of condolences. The first Czech soldier to be killed in action is officer Milan Šterby who served on foreign missions in Kosovo, Irak and now Afghanistan. The attack in which he lost his life killed ten other NATO soldiers all of whom were part of a special anti-terrorist unit within the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces operating in the country.