Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force stand guard during a patrol in Panjwayi district, March 28, 2008. Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images (Photo from The National Post)From The CBC:
2 other soldiers seriously wounded in separate blast incident
Three Canadian soldiers were killed and two were wounded in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Friday, raising to more than 100 the number of Canadians who have died while serving in the war-torn country.
Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, commander of Canadian troops, identified two of the latest casualties as Cpl. Mark Robert McLaren and Pte. Demetrios (Dip) Diplaros, both based in Petawawa, Ont. They died after the armoured vehicle they were in struck an improvised explosive device (IED).
The name of the third soldier who died was being temporarily withheld at the request of the family, Thompson said.
The blast occurred at about 9 a.m. local time, said the CBC's David Common, reporting from Kandahar.
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