3 Canadians Injured in Suicide Attack

A second suicide bombing, in as many days, targeted a Canadian convoy in south western Afghanistan. Thirty five people were killed and 3 Canadian soldiers injured.

We need to get helicopters to our boys in Afghanistan ASAP! With helicopters we'll be able to avoid IEDs and suicide bombers while send our men and supplies to the forward operating bases .

A bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has killed at least 35 civilians. Many people were injured, including three Nato soldiers, officials say.
The blast, apparently targeting Canadian troops in a Nato convoy, took place in Spin Boldak town in Kandahar province, near the Pakistani border.

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Taleban blamed

Monday's attack in Spin Boldak targeted a convoy of Canadian troops serving under Nato.
According to Asadullah Khalid, the governor of Kandahar province, three Canadian troops were hurt in the attack.

"The suicide attacker detonated near a Canadian military convoy," the governor of Kandahar province, Asadullah Khalid, said.

He said 35 civilians were killed and 27 civilians were hurt.

The bomb also badly damaged a military vehicle and set fire to several shops in the area, a local police official said.

The nearby border had been closed, as part of a series of security measures for Pakistani elections on Monday.

According to the Associated Press news agency, the crossing was briefly opened to take some of those hurt in the blast to a hospital in the Pakistani town of Chaman nearby.