- Reaction score
- 64
- Points
- 530
A Van Doos soldier was wounded in a landmine explosion while operating with the ANA. Prayers out for a speedy recovery.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2006/12/17/pf-2841108.html
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier was seriously injured in a landmine explosion outside a military base here in Panjwayi District yesterday.
Around 11:45 a.m. local time, according to officials at Kandahar Airfield, the soldier was walking with Afghan troops near the town of Pashmul, outside the Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, 25 km west of Kandahar City, when he stepped on a buried anti-personnel mine.
The soldier, identified as Pte. Frederic Couture of the Royal 22nd (Van Doos) regiment based in Val Cartier, Que., was airlifted to the Canadian-run hospital at Kandahar Airfield.
After surgery, he was said to be in serious but stable condition. His age and hometown in Canada were not immediately available.
Couture was working with the Operational Mentoring Liaison Team, the unit training the Afghan army to fight alongside coalition soldiers.
He was moving on foot with Afghan soldiers to a village east of Route Summit, a road being built by Canadians near Pashmul.
Couture was going to plan a shura (council meeting) with village elders to discuss the delivery of coalition supplies to villagers.
A NATO operation against the Taliban currently building in the area, Operation Baaz Tsuka, includes plans to deliver aid to villages in the Panjwayi District to help them get ready for the winter.
When completed, Route Summit is intended to be a vital economic link between Panjwayi District and Highway One in the north, the east-west artery linking Kandahar and Kabul.
The Canadian engineers are working just beyond the perimeter of the Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, in an area notorious for suicide attacks and hidden explosives.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2006/12/17/pf-2841108.html
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier was seriously injured in a landmine explosion outside a military base here in Panjwayi District yesterday.
Around 11:45 a.m. local time, according to officials at Kandahar Airfield, the soldier was walking with Afghan troops near the town of Pashmul, outside the Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, 25 km west of Kandahar City, when he stepped on a buried anti-personnel mine.
The soldier, identified as Pte. Frederic Couture of the Royal 22nd (Van Doos) regiment based in Val Cartier, Que., was airlifted to the Canadian-run hospital at Kandahar Airfield.
After surgery, he was said to be in serious but stable condition. His age and hometown in Canada were not immediately available.
Couture was working with the Operational Mentoring Liaison Team, the unit training the Afghan army to fight alongside coalition soldiers.
He was moving on foot with Afghan soldiers to a village east of Route Summit, a road being built by Canadians near Pashmul.
Couture was going to plan a shura (council meeting) with village elders to discuss the delivery of coalition supplies to villagers.
A NATO operation against the Taliban currently building in the area, Operation Baaz Tsuka, includes plans to deliver aid to villages in the Panjwayi District to help them get ready for the winter.
When completed, Route Summit is intended to be a vital economic link between Panjwayi District and Highway One in the north, the east-west artery linking Kandahar and Kabul.
The Canadian engineers are working just beyond the perimeter of the Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, in an area notorious for suicide attacks and hidden explosives.
