INDEPTH: AFGHANISTAN
April 2, 2006: traffic accident
CBC News Online | April 2, 2006
Canada's casualties: 2006

Two soldiers are injured in a Kandahar traffic accident. They both suffer injuries after being struck by the gun turret of their light armoured vehicle. According to the military, the vehicle was in a convoy passing through Kandahar when another vehicle clipped the turret. The turret swung around, striking the two soldiers. One of the soldiers remains in Kandahar, but the other is taken to German for treatment. Their names are not released.

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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%

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