Canada borrows $19-million worth of electronic defence systems from U.S.

Roadside bombs now accounting for nearly all combat deaths in the war in Afghanistan as Canada enters its final year of the war.

With roadside bombs now accounting for nearly all combat deaths in the war in Afghanistan, Canadian troops are borrowing $19-million worth of electronic defence systems from the United States to counter the threat as Canada enters its final year of the military mission in Kandahar.

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