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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:13 AM

Kandahar City

Type: City

Name: Kandahar City

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

NATO

NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to review Afghan withdrawal

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – In a move that may increase international pressure on Ottawa to extend its combat mission in Kandahar beyond July 2011, NATO is likely to announce within days that Canada's Task Force Afghanistan will grow significantly ... [Canada.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, NATO, Menard (United States)

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 Documents

CanWest

Canadian forces help secure Afghan village

Afghan and Canadian forces captured a Taliban-controlled village Saturday in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district, the Canadian military said.The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battle group said in a statement the liberation of Nakhonay was part ... [UPI - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Canadian Forces, Kandahar City, CanWest, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents

Hamid Karzai

Villagers welcome Canadian, Afghan troops after Taliban ousted

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan â Afghan and Canadian troops captured the Taliban-controlled village of Hajji Baba southwest of Kandahar City on Monday with hardly a shot being fired.Several hundred villagers came out to welcome the Afghan and Canadian ... [Canada.com - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Richard Turner, Hamid Karzai, Canada

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Canada spending millions on private security in Afghanistan

Gloria Galloway Ottawa ? CDefence Department obtained under federal Access to Information legislation show that at least $7.78-million was authorized for private security between April, 2008, and June, 2009, by the four senior military officers in Afghanistan ... [Globe and Mail - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kandahar, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

New district building opens in Kandahar

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A newly constructed building for district headquarters in Dand district of southern Kandahar province was inaugurated on Saturday.The inauguration ceremony was attended by Governor Toryalay Wissa, heads of various provincial departments, ... [Individual.com - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, Kandahar City

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian general

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — NATO's International Security Assistance Force is pouring resources into Kandahar because 'if the enemy has the South, they have a strong hold on Afghanistan,' according to the Canadian general who runs the alliance's ... [Canada.com - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Kandahar, Afghanistan, Gerry Champagne

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Lawrence Cannon

Cannon denies detainees tortured by Afghans

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon emphatically stated Thursday that disaffected diplomat Richard Colvin's claims that all detainees handed over to Afghan authorities by Canadian troops were subsequently tortured were unproven. ... [National Post - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Lawrence Cannon, Kandahar, Richard Colvin

First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 7 Documents

Bomb kills Canadian soldier in Afghanistan

OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated while he was on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian military said Saturday.Sapper Steven Marshall was killed Friday some 10 kilometers ... [Yahoo! Canada - 10/31/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Canada, Kandahar City

First Reported 11/07/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 5 Documents

Funeral held in Saskatoon for fallen soldier

SASKATOON - Citizens hung Canadian flags over a highway overpass and lined the route as the funeral procession for a soldier killed in Afghanistan wound its way through Saskatoon on Saturday.Lt. Justin Boyes was killed Oct. 28 in an explosion while he ... [CNEWS - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Boyes, Saskatoon, Afghanistan, Sapper, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 5 Documents

Body of fallen soldier returns to Canada

CFB TRENTON, Ont. â The body of the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to Canada Tuesday.A military aircraft carrying a flag-draped coffin with the remains of Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, of Calgary, is expected to touch down at the ... [Canada.com - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Canada, Trenton (New Jersey, United States), Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Sapper

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 3 Documents

Fallen soldier brought home from Afghanistan

(DND) A plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan arrived at CFB Trenton in Ontario Tuesday afternoon.Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, had been in Afghanistan less than a week when he was killed by an improvised explosive ... [CBC Sudbury - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kandahar City, Improvised Explosive Device, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

US soldiers under fire in Afghanistan

The mission was very simple. Some 20 US soldiers were to patrol a riverbed in the dead of night, camp until morning, and provide backup to Afghan troops and their Canadian mentors in a clearing operation in Chahar Bagh village, an insurgent hotbed on ... [The News International - 10/31/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Insurgents, Kandahar City, Improvised Explosive Device

Quotes

...to build relationships with locals and determine who is a local national and who is an insurgent,' the battle group based in Alberta, Canada, said. "We don't know the composition of the insurgency in those areas, but it's likely that some are fighting for the cause for economic reasons because they have no other means of supporting their families." Canwest said in Kandahar City Saturday, local residents were provided with food and other supplies by Canada's provincial reconstruction team

Canadian forces help secure Afghan village [UPI - 3 hours ago]

...has been working a few hundred metres away from the Canadian headquarters figuring out where NATO's war in the Taliban heartland goes from here. "Kandahar City is the prize. That is why the southern region has to be the main effort" said Champagne, a Van Doo who used to run Canada's infantry school, and is five months into his 12-month tour

Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian general [Canada.com - 11/17/2009]

...top commander in Afghanistan said at one of several meetings he held last week in two of the notoriously volatile districts west of Kandahar City. "We have lost too many soldiers and spent too much of our people's money to stay if there is not honest co-operation. 'Our public accepts us here and is deciding right now whether we will stay. Canadians, Americans, the British -- everyone is wondering whether it is worth it to stay.' Brig.-Gen. Vance's words were little different than those delivered to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government recently by senior U S political leaders and by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown."

Canadian commander ends Afghan role with optimism and a warning [National Post - 11/08/2009]

More Content

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Prisoners tortured, but fewer than alleged: warden [Canada.com - 37 mins ago]
Canadian forces help secure Afghan village [UPI - 3 hours ago]
NATO troop buildup could pressure Ottawa to rev... [Canada.com - 11/20/2009]
U.S. suffers bloody day in Afghanistan as Obama... [Canada.com - 11/20/2009]
Cannon denies detainees tortured by Afghans [National Post - 11/19/2009]
Canada spending millions on private security in... [Globe and Mail - 11/18/2009]
Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian... [Canada.com - 11/17/2009]
New district building opens in Kandahar [Individual.com - 11/17/2009]
Villagers welcome Canadian, Afghan troops after... [Canada.com - 11/16/2009]
Forces Arrest Suspected Militants, Taliban Comm... [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/14/2009]
Combined Forces Arrest Suspected Militants [Defense Link - 11/13/2009]
Forces Capture Suspects in Afghanistan [Defense Link - 11/13/2009]
N.L. soldier to receive bravery medal [CBC - 11/12/2009]
Calgary soldier laid to rest [CBC Sudbury - 11/10/2009]
Forces Clear Taliban From Northern Afghan Province [GlobalSecurity.org - 11/10/2009]
Northern Province Cleared of Taliban [Defense Link - 11/09/2009]
Canadian commander ends Afghan role with optimi... [National Post - 11/08/2009]
Canadian commander ends Afghan role with warnin... [National Post - 11/08/2009]
Funeral held in Saskatoon for fallen soldier [CNEWS - 11/08/2009]
Funeral held in Saskatoon for Lt. Justin Boyes [CTV.ca - 11/08/2009]
Saskatoon funeral for soldier killed in Afghani... [CBC - 11/07/2009]
Saskatoon funeral set for soldier killed in Afg... [CBC - 11/07/2009]
Private funeral to be held for Canadian soldier [CNEWS - 11/07/2009]
Private funeral today for soldier killed in Afg... [CTV.ca - 11/07/2009]
The Provincial Reconstruction Team [University of Alberta Gateway - 11/06/2009]
Segways for Wounded Warriors [Canadian Business Magazine - 11/05/2009]
Fallen soldier brought home from Afghanistan [CBC Sudbury - 11/03/2009]
Body of latest Canadian soldier to die in Afgha... [Macleans Online - 11/03/2009]
Canadians looking forward to U.S. help in battl... [Canada.com - 11/03/2009]
Canadians to get U.S. help in battle against Ta... [Canada.com - 11/03/2009]

Blogs

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New Canadian commander at Kandahar/More US troo... [The Torch - Canada - 11/19/2009] Interesting development, see speculation about the US unit at the end:The incoming commander of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan is preparing to change the focus of ...
COIN, not, er, peacekeeping/Stupidly committing... [The Torch - Canada - 11/15/2009] From the Chief of the Land Staff, seems realistic to me--why can we not now simply say "Chief of the Army Staff" and "Chief of the Naval Staff", we've already got ...
Cameo Appearances for Canadian Troops, TF Comma... [The Torch - Canada - 11/10/2009] The Taliban is sharing a 34-minute video allegedly showing the preparation of suicide homicide bombers for the April 2009 attack on government buildings in Kandahar ...
Sapper Steven Marshall, 1 CER, R.I.P. [The Torch - Canada - 10/31/2009] This, from a CF statement:One Canadian soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device that detonated near his dismounted patrol approximately 10 km south-west ...
MARKET GARDEN [Michael Yon - Online Magazine - 10/12/2009] Market Garden A Remembrance During Time of War Kandahar City, Afghanistan Slowly, surely, the city is being strangled. Signaling the depth of our commitment, ...

Audio/Video

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Civilian deaths in Kandahar [Reuters Video: Top News - 08/06/2009]

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