GI, Canadian Soldier Slain in Afghan Clash
Militants attacked a U.S.-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan early today, starting a battle that killed an American soldier, a Canadian soldier and at least 12 rebels, U.S. and Canadian officials said.
The fight in Helmand province came one day after militants detonated two roadside bombs in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, killing six Afghan soldiers, a Namibian citizen and three Afghan security contractors, officials said.
In today’s attack, four foreign troops and an Afghan soldier were wounded, the U.S. military said.
Tuesday’s attack on an Afghan army vehicle took place on a road in Helmand province’s Sangin district, about 100 miles northwest of Kandahar, said Gen. Rehmatullah Raufi, a top Afghan army official in the province.
He blamed the Taliban militia but offered no evidence.
Hours earlier, a roadside bomb exploded as security contractors working for Houston-based U.S. Protection & Investigations were driving on the main road linking Kandahar with Herat, the main city in western Afghanistan.
The company provides security for a construction company in the area.
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