Afghan crash kills Canadian soldier
Posted on: Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:16 CST
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A Canadian soldier was killed and seven injured when their vehicle overturned in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said.
The incident happened on a road leading west from the city of Kandahar. Police said a Canadian jeep hit the back of a car that had slowed down and both vehicles tumbled off the embanked highway.
Two of the injured soldiers were in critical condition, a statement from the U.S.-led military force in Afghanistan said, adding that the cause of the incident was under investigation.
Police said two Afghan civilians were also hurt.
Canada has 2,300 troops based in Kandahar, an area troubled by Taliban insurgents.
In neighboring Helmand province on Wednesday, Taliban guerillas ambushed an Afghan army convoy, killing one soldier and wounding two in Girishk district, provincial army commander General Rahmatullah Raufi told Reuters.
Source: REUTERS
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