I was hoping we'd get through the rest of the year without another death, sadly, I was wrong in that assumption.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/afghanistan/story.html?id=2378108
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A Canadian army officer and an Afghan soldier were killed two days before Christmas during a foot patrol in an area southwest of Kandahar City.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lieut. Andrew Richard Nuttall, 30, and the unidentified Afghan soldier died when an improvised explosive device detonated while they were patrolling in the volatile Panjwaii district.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/afghanistan/story.html?id=2378108
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A Canadian army officer and an Afghan soldier were killed two days before Christmas during a foot patrol in an area southwest of Kandahar City.
On Wednesday afternoon, Lieut. Andrew Richard Nuttall, 30, and the unidentified Afghan soldier died when an improvised explosive device detonated while they were patrolling in the volatile Panjwaii district.