Four Afghan officers flee Alpine warfare school

(ANSA) Aosta, October 6 - Four Afghan army officers attending a mountain warfare course in the French-speaking Italian region of Val d'Aosta have vanished and are believed to have fled to France, military sources said Monday.
    The four were discovered missing when a roll call was held last week for 20 Afghans attending the Italian army's gruelling Alpine training centre at Thuile, the local weekly newspaper Gazzetta Matin reported.