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Qandahar Province

In Afghanistan, waging battles of attrition

By Drew Brown, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Friday, October 3, 2008 Drew Brown / S&S Soldiers from November Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, patrol a village in Zhari district in Afghanistan's Kandahar...

Expedition turns into firefight

Canadian soldiers with Operational Mentor Liaison Team 73 Alpha are accompanying a patrol of Afghans to see if the Taliban are still active in the area. The previous group of Canadians posted in Zhari district had engaged in...

Troops Kill Insurgents in Southern Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2008 – Coalition and Afghan forces killed several insurgents during weekend patrols in southern Afghanistan, military officials reported. Insurgents have fired on coalition and Afghan troops in the...

AFGHANISTAN: Severe Hunger Can Help Taliban

KABUL, Sep 22 (IPS) - If 11-year old Zayainullah doesn't bring home enough money today, he says he will get beaten. "We don't have food and my aunt threatened me, saying I have to bring back enough money to buy bread,"...

Clashes leave Afghan official, 3 police dead in South

Violent incidents and international troops'firing in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province claimed the lives of six persons including three police and a district chief, police said on Thursday. In an incident occurred...

UC Davis researcher begins study of Osama bin Laden audio tapes

More than 1,500 audiocassette tapes taken in 2001 from Osama bin Laden's former residential compound in Qandahar, Afghanistan, are yielding new insights into the radical Islamic militant leader's intellectual development...

Caught in conflict

This week marks seven years since the 11 September attacks on the US which led President George Bush, who steps down in January, to declare a "war on terror". Despite being driven from power, a resurgent Taleban is at...

Canadian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Canada has lost its 97th soldier on the Afghanistan mission following a roadside bomb explosion today in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar. Chad Horn were killed while on security patrol in the Zhari district Aug. 21:...

Tories discuss Afghan exit strategy (Canada)

CTV.ca News Staff As Canada ticks down towards an expected election call, the Conservative government is setting out some benchmarks for measuring progress in Afghanistan. The 21 benchmarks we are announcing today will...

NATO troops escort hydro dam turbine through Taliban territory

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A massive turbine that will help bring reliable power to the people of Kandahar province arrived safely at its new home at a dam in neighbouring Helmand province thanks to thousands of Canadian,...

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Qandahar City , Arghandab