Two Canadian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Monday when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of military vehicles on the outskirts of Kandahar city, according to NATO officials.

The names of the soldiers have not yet been released.

Maj. Luke Knittig, spokesperson for NATO, told CBC News on Monday that the NATO mission will continue but soldiers have "heavy hearts" because the attack is both "sad" and "despicable."

"It is a sad day. Every time we lose soldiers, it is a sad day," he said.

According to the Canadian Press, the two soldiers were in a Bison, an eight-wheeled armoured vehicle, when the bomber drove his car, loaded with explosives, into the convoy and detonated the bomb.

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