Monday, January 16 2006 09:22 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Ottawa: Canada's most senior diplomat in Afghanistan died in a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy yesterday (Jan 15,2006) that killed two others and wounded at least 12, including three soldiers, according to Canadian officials.

"Foreign Affairs Political Director Glyn Berry was killed in a terrorist attack on a PRT (provincial reconstruction team) convoy," said Peter Harder, deputy minister of Canada's foreign affairs.

Berry, who previously worked in Canada's Pakistan High Commission, was on his way to meet with a local Afghan official, who has not been named, when he was killed by car bomb blast about one kilometre southeast of Canada's Camp Nathan Smith, in Kandahar City, Harder added.

Military officials said they have 'no information that Canadians were specifically targeted.'

Three Canadian soldiers were also injured in the attack and remain in critical condition, officials said. Several Afghan civilians also were wounded.