reporter: this saturday, felippe will be honored with a plaque. >> the french interior minister's roleas been forced today to defend his handling of national security. france is still under a state of emergency currently. it was imposed in the wake of the november attacks that left 130 people dead. take a listen to "france 24" as he spoke earlier. >> we have since 2013 dismantled 18 recruitment networks located all-around the country. since 2013 we have also arrested 11 groups who were planning to carry out attacks. and since last spring, six attacks have been thwarted. >> one member of the u.s. armed forces has been killed in afghanistan this tuesday. another two americans and an as-yet unknown number of afghans were also injured in the same incident. the casualties came in the outhern province of helmond. updates say the victims would only train, advise and assist missions with forces when they come under fire. he added there may still be americans on the ground engaging the enemy in support of afghan forces. check points near an oil port in libya have come under a second day of atta