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Counter-insurgency experiment get blessing from Vachon
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 days ago
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Jean Vachon's lost dog came back, the war against Taliban insurgents in Kandahar suddenly didn't seem so hopeless after all. Vachon's platoon had moved into Belanday, a small town southwest of Kandahar city, as part of an experiment by military brass...
Tags: Jean Vachon, Kandahar City, Kandahar Airfield, Patrice Chartrand, Daniel Menard, Canada, Jeremie Verville, Afghanistan, village approaches, Taliban, Kandahar, Panjwaye District, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Kandahar field officers given wide powers over military spending
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 8 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 9:06PM EST W hen Canadian military personnel in Afghanistan decided last February to rent an undisclosed number of armoured vehicles for travelling around Kabul, they did not need to beg money from bean counters...
Tags: Kandahar PRT, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, U.S, New Canada House, signing authority, Kandahar, Counter-insurgency, Economy of Afghanistan, Provincial Reconstruction Team, Kandahar International Airport, Panjwaye District, War in Afghanistan, Foreign relations of Afghanistan
U.S. aims to grow tiny Afghan air force
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct. 09, 2009 12:04PM EDT A t the far east end of the Kandahar Air Field, a new group of 15 pilots – and the 200 support staff needed to keep them flying – has set up shop...This country’s tiny but developing air corps opened...
Relatives offer messages to soldiers killed in action
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 month ago
Credibility From Monday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Monday, Oct. 05, 2009 03:10AM EDT T he letters were written to sons and husbands who will not receive them, men who died in this hot and dusty country half a world away from the Canadian towns and cities they...
Tags: Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
'Difficult job' awaits Canada's new man in Kandahar
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Afghanistan–Ben Rowswell, formerly deputy chief of Canada's mission to Afghanistan and a past Canadian emissary in Iraq, has taken over the top civilian post in Kandahar. We need to engage with a wide range of Kandaharis and try as much as possible to...
Tags: Kandahar Airfield, Kandaharis, Representative of Canada, Ben Rowswell, civilian post, Below Rowswell, Afghanistan, Kandahar
Afghan interpreters have high hopes for federal relocation plan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Afghan interpreters say they are overjoyed to hear Ottawa is fast-tracking immigration for Afghan translators who have worked for the army and other federal agencies. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made the long-anticipated announcement last week,...
Tags: Canada, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Kandahar
Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility The ever-present perils of the Panjwaii claimed the life of another young Canadian soldier today when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb while returning from a mission to root out Taliban command centres and weapons caches...Jonathan Couturier,...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kandahar City, Canadian, Jonathan Couturier, roadside bombs, Kandahar Airfield, Quebec City Le Soleil, soldiers kill, explosive device, Kabul, Kandahar
GG Jean issues emotional statement on soldier's death
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Michaelle Jean has issued an unusually emotional statement following the death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan. Jean described poignant encounters with Afghan people during her trip to the war-ravaged country last week. That visit took her to a hospital...
Tags: emotional statement, jean issued, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Patrick Lormand, Kandahar
Canadian GG visits troops
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Canada’s Governor General Michaelle Jean visited Canadian troops serving in the Kandahar on Wednesday. The trip was the second time that the governor, who is also the commander in chief of Canada’s armed forces, has visited the country. Details of the...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kandahar Airfield, Michaelle Jean, Canada, Michaëlle Jean, Canadian Forces, southern afghanistan, bomb attack
Francophone entertainers mingle with Canadian troops in Kandahar
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Canadian troops are hosting a group of francophone entertainers who will perform for the soldiers stationed at Kandahar Airfield. Today's concert will include singers such as Annie Dufresne, Emily Begin, Wilfred LeBouthillier and comedian Mike Ward. The...
Tags: Kandahar Airfield, Annie Dufresne, francophone entertainers
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