Kabul, Afghanistan ? Hundreds of Canadian and Afghan soldiers raided Taliban strongholds throughout southern orchards Sunday, sparking fighting that killed at least 15 militants and one Canadian.

Two Canadian soldiers were wounded in Kandahar province’s Zharew district, the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in an ongoing anti-Taliban offensive being waged across southern Afghanistan.

Canadian Cpl. Anthony Boneca was killed in the Pasmhol village in Zharew during a “combined coalition-Afghan operation” against the Taliban, said military spokesman Maj. Marc Theriault.