Six Canadians Killed By Bomb in Southern Afghanistan, Military Says
Posted on: Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 15:22 CDT
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Six Canadians soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
The names of the soldiers have not been released. An Afghan interpreter has also been killed in the blast. Military officials in Kandahar say the explosion happened shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday as the soldiers were returning to a forward operating base in the Panjwaii district west of Kandahar city.
The attack is the deadliest involving Canadians since Easter Sunday, when six other Canadian soldiers were killed in the Maywand district near the border with Helmand province.
Sixty-six Canadian soldiers have now lost their lives in Afghanistan.
The six soldiers killed today were due to complete their tour of duty in Afghanistan at the end of this month.
Source: Canadian Press
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