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May 17, 2006: Female soldier killed
CBC News Online | May 17, 2006
Canada's casualties: 2006

Capt. Nichola Goddard (DND)

Capt. Nichola Goddard of Shilo, Man., died in a military operation against Taliban forces south of Kandahar around 6:55 p.m. local time.

Goddard was serving in Afghanistan with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Before that she was stationed with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Shilo.

Goddard was the first woman in Canadian history killed in a combat role and the first female member of the Canadian military killed in combat since the Second World War.

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QUICK FACTS:

Capital: Kabul

Area: 647,500 km sq. (same size as Manitoba)

Population: 28,513,000 (2004)

Head of State: Hamid Karzai

Unemployment: 78%

GDP (2003): $20 billion US (est.)

Exports to Canada (2003): $618,889

Imports from Canada (2003): $9 million

Median Age: 17.5

Life expectancy at birth: 42.46

Ethnic groups: Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%

(Source: CIA World Fact Book, Government of Canada)

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