Sergeant Dragos Traian Alexandrescu, an employee of the Romanian Ministry of Defense since 2003, was married and had two children. The Romanian Ministry announces that the blinded vehicle the Romanian soldiers in Battalion 30 were in when returning from mission on Highway A1 (Qalat-Kabul) ran over an exploding device. The injured got medical assistance on the spot before being taken to the military hospital on the Logman base. According to the Romanian Ministry, 7 Romanian soldiers died and 24 were injured so far in Afghanistan. (V.D.)