INDEPTH: AFGHANISTAN
Feb. 15, 2006: accident
CBC News Online | February 15, 2006 Canada's casualties: 2006
Two Canadians and a third soldier, reported to be American, were injured Feb. 15, 2006, when a G-Wagon Mercedes patrol vehicle rolled over in Kandahar.
One Canadian was evacuated to the U.S. military medical centre in Landstuhl, Germany.
The other two soldiers were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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Capital: Kabul
Area: 647,500 km sq. (same size as Manitoba)
Population: 28,513,000 (2004)
Head of State: Hamid Karzai
Unemployment: 78%
GDP (2003): $20 billion US (est.)
Exports to Canada (2003): $618,889
Imports from Canada (2003): $9 million
Median Age: 17.5
Life expectancy at birth: 42.46
Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
(Source: CIA World Fact Book, Government of Canada)
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