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Brown makes unannounced visit to Kandahar-Meets with Karzai
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an unannounced visit to Kandahar last night. He bunked with British troops. This is the first time Brown has made a longer than one day visit. Brown's...
created by albertacowpoke | 3 days ago | updated 3 days ago
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DoD Op Enduring Freedom Casualty update as of 10am 11th Dec 2009
Here is this weeks update on Casualties in Afghanistan. Another six soldiers lost their lives this week. This past week the issue of Afghanistan has been front and centre in Congress. The Secretary...
created by albertacowpoke | 4 days ago | updated 4 days ago
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152 views | 54 recommendations | 21 comments
General Walter Natynczyk, Abused prisoner not detained by Canada
There is a storm brewing in Canada and I don.t mean a winter storm. A parliamentary committee is looking into allegations of prisoner abuse of detainees handed to Afghan authorities by Canadian... Pakistan Officials Confused about Role in Afghan War-Want clarity
President Obama gave his speech on the Afghanistan Strategy on Tuesday evening at West Point. There has been a lot of discussion and back and forth on the President's decision. The Presidents... Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa Unhurt in Assassination Attempt
Tooryalai Wesa left Afghanistan in 1991 after serving as Kandahar University's first president. He worked at the University of British Columbia's agricultural expert in Canada. Hamid Karzai asked him to... Canadian Troops out of Kandahar by 2011: Chief of Defence Staff
Canada's Parliament voted that Canada's military mission in Afghanistan would end in 2011. Canada maintains a contingent of 2800 troops in Afghanistan, which consists of a battle group and a headquarters...
created by albertacowpoke | 5 wks ago | updated 5 wks ago
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157 views | 34 recommendations | 9 comments
Afghanistan: Allies recover cache of bomb making materials
After the recent spate of attacks on the ally forces led by U.S in Afghanistan primarily using homemade bombs that used substances like fertilizers, the NATO forces have started a new hunt for such materials.... Another Canadian soldier killed in IED attack -Panjwaii District
Canadian Forces in Khandahar sadly announced another death of a soldier today in Afghanistan. Sapper Steven Marshall died as a result of an IED attack Southwest of Khandahar City.Sapper Marshall had only... Afghan President's brother claimed to be on C.I.A payroll:NYTimes
A report in New York Times can literally brew up storm in the U.S. political cup. While the U.S. forces keep losing life daily fighting Taliban in Afghanistan and the U.S. authorities fight Mexican drug... Taliban Attack on Canadian 'Model' Village in Afghanistan Fails
Taliban insurgents tried - and failed - to attack a village in Afghanistan that is serving as a Canadian model for a new way of life in the embattled country. A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle at an Afghan... IED Kills Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan
Private Alexandre (Pelo) Peloquin, 20 was killed today during a footpatrol. He was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Panjwaii District in Afghanistan.Private Peloquin was a member of the 3rd...
created by albertacowpoke | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago
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304 views | 82 recommendations | 15 comments
Beating the Odds - Spearhead Analysis
By Jehangir KaramatSeveral significant recent events need to be flagged. As a sequel to the US attack on a Pakistani post on June 11, 08, Karzai’s threat to invade FATA and President Bush’s endorsement of the Karzai threat--- the implementation of Mr Gates’s suggestion... Female Activist / Politician Murdered in Afghanistan
A Provincial Government official who was a women's rights campaigner was gunned down outside her home in Kandahar city on Sunday, in yet another blow to the advancement of women in Afghanistan. Sitara Achakzai was... Afghan National Police, Coalition Forces Maintain Pressure
U.S. Forces Afghanistan Courtesy StoryDate: 02.27.2009KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan national police and coalition forces conducted operations Feb. 26 in Kandahar and Khowst provinces to disrupt Haqqani and Taliban networks, detaining seven suspected militants.In Khakrez...Canadian Military Investigating Three Children Killed by Blast
A formal military investigation has been launched by the Canadian military into the death of three children in Afghanistan. Relatives and villagers in Kandahar say that an unexploded rocket left by Canadian forces killed the children, who were looking for scrap metal. A...
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