Spain has about 800 troops in Afghanistan and this week ore than a hundred of them arrived home at El Altet airport in Alicante .
The plane was an hour late , causing concern for all of the family and friends who were waiting for their return .
These soldiers had been on active duty for four months and they were the third contingent to return to Alicante . Many of the men were from the base in Murcia and others were from Madrid and Seville .
The majority of the Spanish contingent are in Herat as part of the NATO International force . A total of 87 Spanish soldiers have died in Afghamistan so far .
Recently a suicide bomber rammed a Spanish military convoy and killed two and injured several others .
