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28 October 2009

Another Canadian soldier falls

Justin Garrett Boyes was leading a foot patrol of Afghan National police through a district heavily populated by Taliban on WEDNESDAY morning when the ground exploded beneath him.

Lieutenant Boyes, a 26-year-old father who had just arrived for his second tour of duty in Kandahar 10 days ago, did not survive the blast.
He will be remembered.

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RELATED: Opposition MP's spring into action
-- OTTAWA -- A committee of MPs voted yesterday to launch an inquiry into the government's actions concerning the transfer of Afghan prisoners.

Opposition MPs want to find out what happened in 2006 when allegations first emerged that prisoners transferred by Canadian Forces were tortured at the hands of Afghan authorities.
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