Cdn. soldier injured in Afghan mortar attack
Updated Mon. Aug. 28 2006 1:47 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff
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A Canadian soldier was injured by a mortar attack in Afghanistan Monday, just hours after a suicide blast killed 17 Afghans in a crowded market.
CTV's Matt McClure, reporting from Kandahar, said the soldier and an Afghan security force member were injured after several mortar rounds struck the Canadian forward operating base.
The attack came at about 6 p.m. local time at Zhari District Centre, west of Kandahar.
The soldier, who has not been identified, received non-life threatening injuries, but was flown to a hospital in Germany for specialized treatment, McClure told Newsnet.
It's the second time in as many days that a Canadian has been injured by mortars at the base, and the third attack in the last 36 hours.
Early Sunday, a Canadian soldier and six Afghans were injured by mortar rounds.
Suicide attack
The mortar attack came just hours after at least 17 people were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan.
Carrying explosives, the bomber walked into a crowed market opposite a police station in Lashkar Gah -- the capital of the southern Helmand province.
A spokesman for the provincial governor told the Associated Press that 17 people were killed and 47 wounded. At least 15 of the wounded were children.
A purported Taliban spokesman claimed the militia's responsibility for the attack.
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Updated Mon. Aug. 28 2006 1:47 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060828/afghanistan_suicide_bombing_060828/20060828?hub=TopStories
A Canadian soldier was injured by a mortar attack in Afghanistan Monday, just hours after a suicide blast killed 17 Afghans in a crowded market.
CTV's Matt McClure, reporting from Kandahar, said the soldier and an Afghan security force member were injured after several mortar rounds struck the Canadian forward operating base.
The attack came at about 6 p.m. local time at Zhari District Centre, west of Kandahar.
The soldier, who has not been identified, received non-life threatening injuries, but was flown to a hospital in Germany for specialized treatment, McClure told Newsnet.
It's the second time in as many days that a Canadian has been injured by mortars at the base, and the third attack in the last 36 hours.
Early Sunday, a Canadian soldier and six Afghans were injured by mortar rounds.
Suicide attack
The mortar attack came just hours after at least 17 people were killed and dozens injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan.
Carrying explosives, the bomber walked into a crowed market opposite a police station in Lashkar Gah -- the capital of the southern Helmand province.
A spokesman for the provincial governor told the Associated Press that 17 people were killed and 47 wounded. At least 15 of the wounded were children.
A purported Taliban spokesman claimed the militia's responsibility for the attack.
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