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Canadian Soldier killed, 5 injured in roadside bomb -Khandahar

by albertacowpoke | July 3, 2009 at 10:46 am

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A car bomb struck as the convoy of Brigadier General Jonathan Vance travelled in Afghanistan's Khandahar Province.

The explosion killed a soldier, Cpl Nicholas Bulger, of the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, Alberta. Five other soldiers were injured.

This is the 121st Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan and the third in less than a month.

Brigadier General Vance, who commands coalition forces in Khandahar escaped injury.

The injured soldiers were evacuated by helicopter to the Role 3 Multi-National Medical Facility at the Kandahar Airfield. They are in good condition and under medical care.

The identities of the injured soldiers will not be released.

The soldiers were members of the Task Force Kandahar Headquarters.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A Canadian soldier travelling behind the senior commander in Afghanistan's Kandahar province was killed today when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

Cpl. Nicholas Bulger, 30, was a member of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton.

Five other soldiers were hurt, but Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, who commands coalition forces in Kandahar, escaped injury.

Bulger is the third Canadian death in Afghanistan in less than a month.

Cpl. Martin Dube was killed in an explosion June 14 while trying to defuse an IED.

The death of Bulger brings to 121 the total number of Canadian soldiers have died as part of the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.