6 Canadians injured in Afghanistan mortar attack
A mortar attack on a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan left six Canadian soldiers with non-life-threatening injuries on Tuesday.
A mortar attack on a Canadian outpost in southern Afghanistan injured six soldiers Tuesday.
One soldier was treated at Forward Operating Base Wilson. Five others were flown to a military hospital at the Kandahar airfield, where three soldiers were treated and released, and two others were kept for observation.
None of the injuries was considered life-threatening.
The base is about 30 kilometres west of Kandahar inPanjwaii,an area wherethere have beenseveral recent Taliban attacks.