Incident Date:
October 03, 2006
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Afghanistan
Perpetrators: Taliban
Event Type: Armed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Military(Soldiers/Troops/Officers/Forces)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 2 fatalities, 5 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "10/03/2006: According to a Canadian military spokesmen, suspected Taliban fighters ambushed Canadian soldiers, as they were clearing explosives as part of a road building operation, in an area of Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The attack killed two Canadian soldiers and wounded five other soldiers. The Taliban fighters attacked with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire."
References: 1) Janes DB
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