An experienced Canadian soldier on his third tour to Afghanistan, has been killed by an improvised explosive device in the volatile Panjway district in Kandahar.

Sergeant Martin Goudreault, 35, from Sudbury, died on foot patrol near the village of Nakhonay, about 15 kilometers southwest of Kandahar City. The blast occurred at approximately 8 p.m. local time on Sunday.

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