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Suicide bomber wounds 5 Afghan policemen
 A suicide bomber severely wounded five Afghan policemen in an attack in the southern province of Kandahar on Monday, a provincial official said. Border police official Razaq Khan said the bomber had approached the vehicle on foot in the Spin Boldak area. Two soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), meanwhile, were killed in a vehicle accident also in Kandahar, a military statement said on Monday. Two ISAF soldiers died ... when their vehicle rolled over during a move across difficult terrain in Zhari District, ISAF statement said. ISAF does not ordinarily release the nationalities of its casualties, but other sources said the two soldiers were Canadians serving with their countrys 2,000 strong contingent in Afghanistan. Some 74 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died since the Canadian mission began in 2002. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-08 |
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