Three Canadian troops killed

Published June 21, 2007

KANDAHAR, June 20: A series of roadside bombings in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed eight people, including three Canadian Nato soldiers. A district chief in Kandahar said police had killed 21 Taliban who attacked late Tuesday.

The three Nato-led International Security Assistance Force soldiers were killed in the south of the country when a bomb tore through their vehicle.

Another bomb blew up a police vehicle in Khost, killing Qalandar district police chief Ali Mohammad and one of his men.

In Zabul, a bomb ripped into the vehicle of US-based private security company USPI, killing two guards. A bomb blast in Ghazni killed a man.—AFP