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Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 9, 2008 A Canadian soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in an attack on NATO forces by insurgents, the Canadian defense ministry said in a statement. The soldier was the 89th Canadian to be killed in Afghanistan since the start of the Canadian mission in 2002. He died from his injuries after being transported to a military hospital in southern Kandahar after the attack in the Zharey region. NATO's International Security Assistance Force had earlier announced that a soldier had been killed in southern Afghanistan, without giving the nationality of the trooper. "An ISAF soldier died in southern Afghanistan August 9 after an attack from insurgents," it said in a statement that gave no other details. The death takes to 154 the number of international soldiers to lose their lives in Afghanistan this year, most of them in attacks. In July, for the third consecutive month, more soldiers with international forces were killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq, even though there are fewer forces on the ground there. Canada maintains a contingent of 2,500 soldiers in the Kandahar region as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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