"French soldiers unprepared for Taliban ambush: report"

By Graeme Smith in the Globe and Mail:

A secret NATO review obtained by The Globe and Mail shows that the French who were killed in August did not have enough bullets, radios and other equipment. By contrast, the insurgents were dangerously well prepared...

Good maps here. Note what the French defence minister recently said:

France says European defence neglect hurting Afghanistan

Unfortunately it seems the French themselves have work to do along those lines.