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Taliban escalates attacks ahead of Afghan polls
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
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More than 50 people are said to have been wounded in the deadly attack. In a separate incident, a rocket hit the presidential palace and a second struck the Afghan capital's police headquarters. Another blast killed four soldiers and two civilians and...
Tags: Kabul, Taliban, Task Force Afghanistan, killing seven, media blackout, Hamid Karzai
Canadian soldiers accidentally kill Afghan girl
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility An Afghan girl has been killed in an accidental shooting by Canadian soldiers in Kandahar province, military officials disclosed Wednesday. Soldiers had dismounted from a convoy in the volatile Panjwaii district when a motorcycle came speeding towards...
Tags: Task Force Afghanistan, Task Force Kandahar, ISAF, U.S, service member, kandahar province, southern afghanistan, military officials, member killing, warn shot
Police chief among nine killed in Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility The police chief for Kandahar province and eight other officers were killed in a clash with US-trained Afghan security guards on Monday, government officials said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement the guards were employed by the US-led...
Tags: Task Force Afghanistan, police chief, Kandahar, led coalition, Taliban, afghans guards, security guards, afghans security, southern province, U.S
Afghan mission's direct cost: $11.3B
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility Canadians can expect a $11.3-billion pricetag once the government wraps up its decade-long effort in Afghanistan, the Department of National Defence says. In a newly released accounting, the federal government said that DND estimates a 10-year pricetag...
Tags: Task Force Afghanistan, Canada, direct cost, federal government, cost estimate
Canada loses another soldier in Kandahar
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Canadian soldier was killed and another was wounded Tuesday in a gun battle with insurgents that erupted while they were on a foot patrol near southern Kandahar City, an official said. "One Canadian soldier was killed and another one was injured as...
Tags: Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar City, Task Force Afghanistan, Michael Starker, final journey, Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Pashmul, Calgary, Canada
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