Soldier killed in blast identified
Posted May 18, 2010 12:32:33 PM.
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The Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan today has been identified as 42 year old Col. Geoff Parker of the Royal Canadian Regiment.
He is the highest-ranking member of the Canadian Forces to die in Afghanistan since the mission began 8 years ago.
Parker is the 145th member of the Canadian Forces to die in Afghanistan.
He was originally from Oakville.
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a NATO convoy in Kabul, also killing five American soldiers and 12 Afghan civilians.
Another 47 people were hurt in the blast.
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