(7 May 2006)

1. Wide of ceremony at airport tarmac
2. Mid of soldiers saluting with guns
3. Wide of coffin being carried by soldiers
4. Mid of soldiers with coffins
5. Tight of coffin going inside plane
6. Mid shot coffin
7. Tight shot inside plane
8. Italian soldiers standing in respect
9. Riffle at low position (meaning respect)
10. Mid shot of it soldiers
11. Coffins inside aircraft
12. Low angle shot inside aircraft of coffin
13. Mid of Italian soldiers
14. Tight shot of Italian soldiers
15. Zoom out hat of soldiers to aircraft
16. Soldiers saluting
17 Mid of ISAF Commander Lt David Richards
18. Set up shot of ISAF Commander Lt David Richards
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt David Richards, ISAF Commander:
"Well I thought it was hugely dignified. The whole international community and the Afghan people were represented in grief and in sorrow for what happened, but in absolute determination to ensure their lives were not lost in vain."
20. Mid of plane leaving
21. Wide of plane taking off

STORYLINE:

The bodies of two Italian soldiers were flown back to Italy on Sunday after a sombre ceremony at Kabul airport.

The soldiers were killed on Friday after a roadside bomb exploded as the troops were on their way to help Afghan police injured in an earlier attack.

Two Italian military vehicles were travelling together when one of them was hit about 10 miles south of Kabul, said a Kabul-based ISAF spokesman.

The three Afghan police injured in the earlier roadside bomb had called for ISAF''s assistance, according to an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman.

The Italian forces were only about three miles from the Afghans when they were hit, the spokesman said.

The Italian Defence Ministry identified the two victims as Lieutenant Manuel Fiorito, 27, and warrant officer Luca Polsinelli, 28.

Italy has suffered three previous fatalities in Afghanistan.

Militants have stepped up attacks in recent months, particularly in Afghanistan''s south, the heartland of the Taliban''s regime before its ouster by US-led forces in late 2001.

Kabul and the surrounding areas are more secure, but there are periodic attacks there.

Italian forces until Thursday commanded NATO''s 10,000-strong security forces, which are now under British control after a routine leadership handover.

Italy has more than 1,600 troops in the country, mostly based in Kabul.

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