FOR MY DARREN'S SAKE DON'T WALK OUT ON AFGHANS; Ex-wife: Let troops finish the job.Byline: EUAN STRETCH THE grieving grieving Mourning, see there former wife of war hero Darren Chant yesterday urged the Government not to pull our troops out of Afghanistan. Connie Chant, 41, said that despite the mounting death toll - which now includes her former husband, the father of her three children - she wanted the fight against the Taliban to continue. She spoke out as his family prepared to travel to RAF Lyneham RAF Lyneham (IATA: LYE, ICAO: EGDL) is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It is the home of all the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The station is also home to No.38 Expeditionary Air Wing. in Wiltshire. His body and those of four comrades gunned down by a rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. Afghan policeman will arrive at the airforce base today. Mrs Chant, of Horndean, Hants, said: "I don't believe we should pull out, despite Darren's death. "I don't want him or any others to have died in vain vain adj. vain·er, vain·est 1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. . They should be allowed to finish the job." However, Darren's mother Elizabeth believes the government should think about withdrawing from Afghanistan because too many lives are being lost. She said: "Darren wouldn't have me say anything bad but I do thing those boys should come home now. There's too many being killed." Regimental reg·i·ment n. 1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel. 2. A large group of people. tr.v. Sergeant-Major Chant, 40, had just been commissioned to Captain when he was killed. His children with Connie are Connor, 16, Adam, 10, and Victoria, eight. Second wife Nausheen, 30, is expecting a son. NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. and Afghan forces yesterday claimed that they had killed 133 Taliban fighters and eight senior leaders in Kunduz, north-east Afghanistan. CAPTION(S): GUNNED DOWN Sgt Major Chant |
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