An Ottawa-based Foreign Affairs employee has been identified as one of several people seriously injured in a blast that killed four Canadian soldiers and one Canadian journalist in Afghanistan last week.
Bushra Amjad Saeed is being treated for her injuries at a medical centre in Germany, where she is listed in stable condition. Her family has travelled to Germany to be by her side.
Saeed was working in Afghanistan as a political officer with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team.
She was travelling in the same convoy that killed Sgt. George Miok, 28, and Cpl. Zachery McCormack, 21, both of Edmonton; Sgt. Kirk Taylor, 28, of Yarmouth, N.S.; and Pte. Garrett Chidley, 21, of Cambridge, Ont. Reporter Michelle Lang, of the Calgary Herald, was also killed in the blast.
The group had been travelling in the outskirts of Kandahar City when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device on Dec. 30. Four other Canadian soldiers were seriously injured in the attack.
Since 2002, 138 Canadian soldiers have been killed while serving in Afghanistan.
