Bomber killed in Afghan attack; Canadians hurt

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Two Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan blast
CTV.ca News Staff

Two Canadian soldiers received minor injuries in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

A convoy carrying replacement troops to Forward Operating Base Robinson in Helmand province was hit with some kind of improvised explosive device in the volatile Sangin area, west of Kandahar.

"We don't know much about this promised explosive device, or whether or not it was in a car or whether or not it was a mine, or on the ground or whether or not it was remote controlled," CTV's Sarah Galashan reported from Kandahar.


The vehicle, a Bison armoured reconnaissance vehicle, suffered minor damage, but was able to carry on to the remote outpost, where Pte. Robert Costall died in a firefight late last month.

"They were on their way to relieve other soldiers who would have been coming out for their planned leave o vacation time," Galashan said.

Army spokesman Maj. Marc Theriault told The Canadian Press the two soldiers were airlifted to Kandahar airfield, where they're undergoing treatment.

Their injuries are not considered life-threatening, Theriault said.

Roughly 2,200 Canadian soldiers are serving in southern Afghanistan as part of the multinational force that is under the command of Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser.



Lets hope for a speedy recovery for those involved.

 

[MasterStryker]

a message to the guys who got hurt, I hope they get well quickly and that there be no complications.

 

[JasonH]

Bomber killed in Afghan attack; Canadians hurt
Staff and agencies
19 April, 2006


3 minutes ago

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - A car bomb blew up as its driver tried to ram a U.S. military convoy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, while in a separate incident, two Canadian soldiers were wounded in a roadside blast.

The attacks came as the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met Afghan and Pakistani commanders for security talks including ways to combat a wave of bombings.

Jalalabad police spokesman Abdul Ghafour said U.S. troops shot dead the suicide car-bomber as he tried to ram a convoy and seconds later his explosives detonated.

U.S. military spokeswoman Lieutenant Tamara Lawrence said the driver was killed in a blast as he approached the U.S. convoy.

"Indications we have now is that no shots were fired," Lawrence said.

Violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent weeks since the Taliban announced last month they had launched a spring offensive in their campaign to rid the country of foreign forces.

Dozens of people, including many insurgents, have been killed in a wave of suicide and roadside bombs, ambushes and clashes.

A roadside blast hit a Canadian forces vehicle in the southern province of Helmand, wounding two soldiers.

One of them men was slightly wounded and the other was under observation for a wound that was not life-threatening, said Canadian forces spokeswoman Captain Julie Roberge.

The blast happened in a the same area a Canadian and an American soldier were killed during a Taliban attack on a base last month.

Two U.S. soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb in the southern province of Zabul on Tuesday.

While foreign troops and Afghan security forces grapple with a blitz of bombings, violence has also surged in Pakistan‘s tribal lands on the Afghan border, where al Qaeda-linked militants and tribesmen have been battling security forces.

Pakistani, U.S. and Afghan military officials held a meeting of their so-called Tripartite Commission in Pakistan on Wednesday and discussed the threat of bombs and ways to step up coordination along the border.

Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been rocked in recent months by fresh Afghan complaints that insurgents are able to launch attacks into Afghanistan from the safety of Pakistani territory.

Pakistan has dismissed the Afghan complaints and raised questions about the growing influence of its old rival, India, in Afghanistan.

The United States has been trying to promote closer cooperation between its two important allies in the war on terrorism.

 

[vonGarvin]

Here's hoping that the injured and their families receive the comfort they so dearly deserve.

 

[17thRecceSgt]

I spent the summer of '96 teaching AVGP/Bison driver courses in Gagetown, and did ARCON in them.  I always thought they (Bisons) were a good vehicle (properly maintained and employed).  My buddies that were with 2 PPCLI (UNPROFOR) in '93 that were in M113s have always said they would have been more capable in Bison's than track ( just for speed reasons ). 

Hopes and prayers to the injured troops and their loved ones.