Three Canadian soldiers were killed and five wounded during an attack on their armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, Xinhua quoted military officials as saying. The soldiers were attacked during a patrol in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, national broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported quoting military officials. One of the injured soldiers is in critical condition and another in serious, but stable condition. Two are in good condition, and one has been treated and released from medical care, the officials said. The news comes less than two weeks after three other Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in the same volatile Zhari district. With the latest deaths, the number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan has risen to 96. Canada launched its Afghan mission in February 2002, and about 2,500 Canadian soldiers are now serving in the war-torn country, most of them in the volatile south.
