Australian soldier wounded by IED in Afghanistan

An Australian soldier is recovering in Afghanistan after he was wounded by an exploding roadside bomb, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) said on Saturday.

According to a statement from the ADF, the soldier from the Special Operations Task Group suffered superficial wounds when the vehicle he was traveling in struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Kandahar of Afghanistan six days ago.

The wounded soldier was flown to a medical facility at Kandahar Airfield, but later released after an assessment confirmed he had not been seriously injured.

He would spend a short time recovering before returning to combat operations, Commodore Roger Boyce said in a statement released on Saturday.

The incident occurred during a joint operation between Australian and Afghan troops to improve security in and around Kandahar city.

Source: Xinhua