<div id="subtitle">Purported Taliban video claims responsibility for Afghan ambush that killed 10 French soldiers</div><div><p>An Arab satellite television station on Monday showed video clips purportedly from the Taliban claiming responsibility for an ambush in Afghanistan that killed 10 French soldiers three months ago.</p><p>Al-Arabiya TV said the Taliban released the video to dispute a claim by the Afghan militant group Hezb-e-Islami that its fighters were behind the Aug. 18 attack.</p><p>The authenticity of the video couldn't be verified. Al-Arabiya did not say how it obtained the video.</p><p>The clips showed armed men displaying IDs and badges that appeared to be from French soldiers. Several of the men were holding rifles and others were armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers.</p><p>Although the ambush heightened concerns in France over involvement in the war, the French parliament voted in September to keep 3,300 French soldiers in Afghanistan.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=37190190&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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