Hungarian soldier dies of wounds after Afghanistan attack

Budapest - A second Hungarian soldiers has died in a Budapest hospital two weeks after an attack on his convoy on August 23 in Afghanistan.

A report in Politics.hu said Ensign György Kolozsvári was injured when a Hungarian convoy was attacked on the road between the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) base in Pul-i-Khumi in the northern Baghlan province and the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. 32-year-old female Staff Sergeant Judit Ábrahám Papp died on the scene of the attack. Mrs Ábrahám Papp has since received military burial and been promoted posthumously to lieutenant. The Hungarian Defence Ministry said she would be considered as killed in action and consider her a military hero. The Hungarian expression for dying in the line of duty is ”hősi halál” or ” hero’s death.” Ensign Kolozsvári was seriously wounded in the attack, which was initiated by a roadside bomb, followed by automatic fire from three directions, according to a report in Magyar Nemzet. (Hungarian Nation.) The 37-year-old warrant officer was flown to a German NATO hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif and later flown to the Military Hospital in Budapest. Despite receiving the best medical treatment, he died Tuesday, September 7. The Hungarian Defence Ministry said in August the deaths would not change its Afghanistan policy. Two other Hungarian Defence Force members have died in Afghanistan, bringing the total to four killed in action since 2003. This is the first attack reported on a Hungarian convoy. The previous deaths occurred during de-mining operations. According to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry website, Hungary, a NATO member, is part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and has taken responsibility for the Baghlan