Canadian soldiers have been killed in an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan. The link is to the website of ISAF - the International Security Assistance Force, currently administered by NATO.

(In their own words, the ISAF's task is 'to assist the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in creating a secure environment in and around Kabul so as to help establishing the Afghan Transitional Authority (Afghan TA). In particular, ISAF is to assist the Afghan TA in: Developing reliable security structures; Identifying reconstruction needs; Training and build up of future Afghan security forces.')