Four Canadian Soldiers Said to Have Died in Afghan Suicide Attack
Posted on: Sunday, 15 January 2006, 09:00 CST
Text of report by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency
An eyewitness says that four Canadian American troops were killed in the suicide attack in Kandahar.
The area where the suicide attack was carried out is still cordoned off by the foreign troops. They let nobody to enter the area, so, there is no precise information about the damage and casualties resulted from the attack.
An eyewitness told AIP about the casualties, "I myself saw the dead bodies of four Canadian troops who were killed by the explosion. Three ordinary men were also injured."
The claim of the eyewitness has not been confirmed by any other sources.
A large number of journalists have gathered in the area but Afghan security forces do not let them use their phones. They firmly order them to turn their phones off.
Source: BBC Monitoring Newsfile
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