Bill
March 17th, 2008, 06:09 AM
Afghan 'explosive device' kills patrolling Canadian
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- A Canadian soldier died last night after he stepped on an "explosive device" while on foot patrol in Afghanistan's perilous Panjwaii district.
The soldier, whose name was not immediately released at the request of his family, was part of a dismounted "presence patrol" with Canadian and Afghan forces near Zangabad, 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city, when the blast occurred.
He was flown by helicopter to a medical facility at Kandahar Airfield, where he later died, said Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche, the Canadian commander in the country.
He was the 81st Canadian soldier to die while serving in Afghanistan.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/International/2008/03/17/5026551-sun.html
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- A Canadian soldier died last night after he stepped on an "explosive device" while on foot patrol in Afghanistan's perilous Panjwaii district.
The soldier, whose name was not immediately released at the request of his family, was part of a dismounted "presence patrol" with Canadian and Afghan forces near Zangabad, 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city, when the blast occurred.
He was flown by helicopter to a medical facility at Kandahar Airfield, where he later died, said Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche, the Canadian commander in the country.
He was the 81st Canadian soldier to die while serving in Afghanistan.
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/International/2008/03/17/5026551-sun.html