One soldier embraces shahadat; 27 terrorists apprehended:
One soldier embraced shahadat while 27 terrorists were apprehended and two others surrendered before security forces in Swat and Malakand.
One Canadian soldier and one soldier of the Afghan National Army were killed by an improvised explosive device that detonated during a joint foot patrol near the village of Nakhonay in Panjwaii District, about 25 km southwest of Kandahar City, on December 23, 2009.