Afghanistan, Gianfranco Paglia: “Let’s learn from the Somalia case, it doesn’t pay to abandon those who need help”

Gianfranco Paglia does not want to hear, to feel like an icon. But his story is an example nonetheless. The personal sacrifice of that cursed 2 July 1993, when a bullet from Aidid’s Somali militiamen forced him to wheelchair forever, has a particular symbolic value for the Italian Armed Forces.

28 years have passed since the battle