The Spin Boldak bombing happened on February 18, 2008, when a car full of explosives detonated near a Canadian military convoy in a market in

Spin Boldak Spin Boldak ( ps, سپین بولدک) is a border town and the headquarters of Spin Boldak District in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, next to the border with Pakistan. It is linked by a highway with the city of Kandahar to the n ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. The attack killed 38 Afghans and injured at least 25 civilians. In addition, four Canadian soldiers were lightly injured."Canadian troops blamed in blast that killed 38"
by Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press, and Noor Khan, ''thestar.com'', February 18, 2008. Note: The Canadians were blamed by Asadullah Khalid only to the extent they ignored his warnings of the risk. Retrieved 2010-04-20. This suicide bombing occurred just one day after the 2008 Kandahar bombing, the deadliest terrorist attack during the Afghanistan War up until then. Kandahar Governor

Asadullah Khalid Asadullah Khalid is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), which is the domestic intelligence agency of Afghanistan. Before his appointment as the head of the NDS in September 2012, Khalid ser ...

said the bombing would not have happened if the Canadians listened to him when he tried to discourage them from going to Spin Boldak."Canadians were warned about bomber: Afghan governor"
by

Canwest News Service Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network, Postmedia News or Postmedia) is a Canadian media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news ...

, February 18, 2008. Footnote upgraded 2010-04-20.

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