OTTAWA, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Canada now has 130 soldiers killed in Afghanistan after another soldier was killed Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion, the National Defense Department said in a press release Monday.

    The incident took place about 10 kilometers away from Kandahar City. The soldier was killed on the scene when an improvised explosive device was detonated near his armored vehicle on a road.

    Four other soldiers sustained injuries, the release said.

    Canada has 2,500 soldiers deployed in southern Afghanistan, part of NATO operation troops fighting the Taliban militants. The increase in the fatalities has triggered mounting calls from Canadians for a troops withdrawal.

    The Parliament has passed a legislation stating that the troops will come back in early 2011.