No troops were injured after a Canadian light armoured vehicle came under attack in Afghanistan Friday, sustaining two hits from rocket propelled grenades.

CTV's Sarah Galashan said the soldiers were fired on by suspected Taliban insurgents after they were dispatched to help fight off a strike against Afghan National Army troops and a police patrol.

The LAV3 came under fire about 10 kilometres west of Kandahar City, Galashan told CTV Newsnet from Afghanistan.

"No Canadians were hurt. The vehicle was able to protect them. What they were able to do was change the tires and continue on," Galashan said.

Coalition forces dispatched helicopter patrols to the area to hunt down the suspected Taliban attackers, and artillery was also set up, Galashan said.

"This is an ongoing situation. The initial attack against the Afghan National Army and police patrol was small arms fire against them, at which point the Canadian troops were dispatched to aid," she said.

American Apache attack helicopters were also sent to fight the insurgents, along with two British Harrier jetfighters and an unknown number of U.S. A-10 tank-buster aircraft. The American helicopters apparently fired rockets at the attackers, The Canadian Press reports.

Two Afghan soldiers died during the fight and two more were injured, according to CP. A civilian was also hurt.

In a separate incident Friday morning, three Canadian soldiers were injured in a traffic accident in Afghanistan.

The accident occurred in Sha Wali Kot district, 65 kilometres north of Kandahar.

The soldiers were airlifted to a medical facility with apparently minor injuries. Two of the three soldiers were described as having suffered only "bumps and bruises," said Galashan.

Officials held a press conference Friday morning at Kandahar Airfield, the main military base in the country. They released few details, but confirmed the soldiers' injuries were not life-threatening.

"We know very little about the traffic accident at this point," Galashan said. "We haven't heard whether it was a convoy, what type of vehicle they were riding in, we just know three Canadian soldiers have been injured."

Lieutenant Mark MacIntyre, a Canadian Forces spokesman, said the injured soldiers would be further evaluated and if they needed more treatment they would be evacuated to the main coalition hospital at Kandahar airfield.