An armoured vehicle of French troops heads toward the scene of a gun battle in Surobi, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008. About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers outside Kabul, sparking a battle that killed 10 of the soldiers in the biggest loss of life for international forces in combat in Afghanistan in more than three years, officials said Tuesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would immediately fly to Kabul.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)