News
August 2007
Background Information
31 Aug 07
Latest Fallen CF Member Identified - Le nom du soldat canadien décédé est confirmé - Can West News - Globe & Mail - Canadian Press - CBC - Presse Canadienne - Radio Canada - Governor General's Statement - Message de gouverneure générale et commandante en chef du Canada - Prime Minister's Statement - Déclaration du Premier ministre du Canada - Defence Minister's Statement - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale
Bomb Makers Nabbed by CAN Troops
Canada Post Offers Free Postage to the Troops Again - Postes Canada offrira la livraison gratuite des lettres aux troupes en déploiement en Afghanistan et ailleurs à l'étranger - Def Min Statement - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - Canadian Press
CF Cdr in AFG: "I Don't Talk to the Taliban"
Pro-Opium-Legalization Think Tank to Play AFG in Ottawa Next Month
Civvy Deminers Push for More Protection in Helmand, K'Har - Here's Why
Aid Gps, Missionaries Changing How They Work in AFG - Taliban Promises More Kidnappings Even As They Rls KOR Hostages - KOR Lessons Learned
Taliban Nailed in Oruzgan - Tailban Big Boy Nailed in South - More
30 Aug 07
CF Member Found Shot in Secure Kabul Compound: CF Statement - FC Communique - ISAF Statement - Canadian Press - Presse canadienne - Radio Canada - Reuters
CF Embed Reporters Now Wearing Dog Tags
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
CAN Senator Wants More Choppers for the Troops
CAN Won't Say if Taliban Negotiations are OK - Or Did They Really Say Something? - More
CF C-17 Stops Off in K'Har
Little Pay, No Glory for Interpreters
Taliban Boss Nailed in South; Brit RAF Regiment Gunner & Interpreter Killed - US General: More Than Just Mil Force Needed to Beat Taliban
Think Tank Finds No Evidence of CAN Aid - More - "The Canadian International Development Agency in Kandahar: Unanswered Questions" - Report (.pdf) - CanWest - Globe & Mail - Conseil de Senlis critique l'aide du Canada à l'Afghanistan - How Red Cross is Helping Out at K'Har's Mirwais Hospital
Survey Says, Most Respondents OK With Legalizing Opium in AFG - Result tables (1) - Result tables (2) (all .pdf) - MS Word Version of results - Senlis News Release - UK Diplomat: AFG Doesn't Have The Infrastructure - Inside an AFG Opium Market
Opinion: Ask the Troops if They Think They're Making a Difference - "Afghanistan : la position du Bloc est celle des Québécois" - Bloc Speaks for QC (Google translation) - Watch for New Comms Plan on AFG Mission - Record poppy crops show eradication effort has failed - Ottawa pressé de refaire ses devoirs - "Canada trails the feet when comes time to gain the spirits and the hearts of the Afghans"
More KOR Hostages Released - 12 des 19 otages sud-coréens libérés - How Red Cross Helped in KOR Hostage Release - Remainder Leaving Soon?
UK Sends $ for Teacher, Doctor & Nurse Salaries
29 Aug 07
CF member found dead of gunshot wound in Kabul - Un militaire canadien succombe à des blessures par balle
More CF Anti-Mine Veh Headed to AFG: Canadian Press - Canwest News - Canadiens attendent la livraison d'un détecteur de mines
Senator Thinks CF Needs Mo' UAV's Against Taliban
New Film Highlights What Families Go Through - Commandant, 5e Groupe: "je me dois de rétablir certains faits concernant quelques allégations portées dans le documentaire" - QC Military Sets Record Straight Following Documentary (Google English)
Familles Duchesne et Mercier désirent remercier les Canadiens, Canadiennes - 'Net Translation to English
Last Group of Vandoos Head Out - Dernier groupe de soldats quitte Valcartier - It's Not JUST Vandoos, Ya Know.... - Pas seulement des «22»
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Analysis: Taliban Think They're Winning
Lotsa Taliban Nailed in South - Plus de 100 rebelles tués en Afghanistan
Three Brits Killed in Helmand by USA Fast Air
KOR Hostages to be Freed in Exchange for KOR Troops GTFO'ing - Troops Already Packing Up? - More - Talibans promettent de libérer 19 otages sud-coréens - Some Already Freed? - How Many? - More - Cinq nouveaux otages sud-coréens libérés?
24 Aug 07
Sending the Fallen Home - More - Mercier et Duchesne rapatriés au Canada - Like Losing a Brother - Deadly Op a Success - More - Political Fighting Over the Bodies of the Fallen - More - more - more - Bloc se dit prêt à faire tomber le gouvernement à cause de l'Afghanistan - Injured Journalists Leave Together for Home - Radio-Canada modifie le plan de travail de Bernard Derome - In English: No Live CBC French News from K'Har Next Month - Replacement is Heading Out - Other Media Outlets Carry On - CF to Brief Reporters in Valcartier on Latest Fallen
More on K'Har PRT Getting Taliban Attention
Chance of Free Mail Overseas for CF Troops Again
QC Premier Calls for Support for the Troops
A Step Closer to Renaming Hwy 401 (or a part thereof) "Highway of Heroes" - More - Pas d'obstacle à l'autoroute des héros
Opinion: "To date, we know those who have died bravely. The fact that we know little more than that is a failure of their military and political superiors." - Int'l Co-Op Min: CAN Tax Money Helping in AFG
One Journalist Critiques Another's Coverage of CAN Troops - Google "Kesterson AFG YouTube" - Army.ca Discussion of Videos - CF Was Looking into It
A Survey of All the Surveys on AFG Mission
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Taliban Wearing AFG Uniforms?!?! - Taliban Hits Hard on K'Har-Kabul Hwy, Kills 10 AFG Troops
Brit Part-Timer Driving the Big Boss of Regional Command-South - How the Brits are Eating
Osama's Pool Blown to Crap
23 Aug 07
Two More CF Troops, AFG Interpreter Killed: CF Statement - MDN/FC Communiqué - ISAF Statement - One IdentifiedL'identité d'un des militaires canadiens tués - Second fallen identified - L'identité du deuxième militaire canadien tué en Afghanistan -Globe & Mail - QC Reels - L’opposition à la guerre augmente - Canadian Press - CP en français - Toronto Star - CanWest News - CanWest en français - CTV.ca - CBC.ca - SRC - RadioCanada.ca - Le Monde (FRA) - Radio Canada Communiqué - Translation of Radio Canada Statement
Gov Gen Statement - Message de gouverneure générale - PM Statement - Déclaration de Stephen Harper - Def Min Statement - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale
Le chef du Bloc Québécois chef déplore les nouvelles pertes subies par les Forces armées - Bloc Statement in English - Liberal Party Statement - Déclaration de Stéphane Dion - NDP Statement - Déclaration du NPD
Pte Longtin Home - More - more - more - Brother Carries Fallen Vandoo - Retour de la dépouille du soldat Longtin - plus - plus
How the Bad News is Shared - Soutien financier assuré aux familles des soldats morts au combat - GoogleTranslation: Finances and the Families of the Fallen
ON Premier (On the Hustings) Promises to Rename 401 \"Highway of Heroes\"
More Calls to Protect Reservists' Jobs After Deployments
News search Afghanistan: français - plus - English (both .pdf)
UK to Use Fuel-Air Explosive on Taliban? - More - Thermobarics 101
22 Aug 07
Pte. Longtin Returns Wednesday Morning - Canadian Press - La dépouille mortelle d'un soldat revient au pays - Presse Canadienne - Boyish Charm of Fallen
K'Har PRT Under Fire - Camp Nathan Smith attaqué à la roquette
Let the Quebec Polls Begin! Sondage CROP-La Presse: l'appui à la guerre chute - 'Net Translation: Support for War Dropping
NB MP Pushing for Free Mail to Troops in AFG (.pdf)
Returned Soldier: 'Your training automatically kicks in'
More on CAN PM Talking about GTFO'ing - Meanwhile, Dubya Praises CAN Contribution - More - more
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Opinion: Fighting Troops Go, CIMIC Could Stay? - Giving Away Reservists' Jobs While They're Overseas - Let's Do Right Thing By Reservists - QC Columnists Lash Out - J'appuie les troupes, mais pas la mission - Supporting the Troops, Not the Mission (clunky English translation) - Aucun progrès en Afghanistan - No Progress??? - MP's Ideas for How to Ensure Progress
Taliban Listening in on Brit Cell Phones - Taliban Plays Nice-Nice in Parts of Helmand - Even Plays Nice (For Now) With Red Cross
S.AFG Mayor Nabbed
ITA Troops Injured in Chopper Forced Landing
AFG Forms Special Team on KOR Kidnapped - AGAIN With the Death Threats - Of Course, It's USA's Fault... - ....When the Brits Aren't At Fault, Anyway
21 Aug 07
The Latest Ramp Ceremony - More - CF Photos - The Platoon Joker - Passed in Dignity - Questions After Latest Death - Vandoos Ask for More Understanding Before Passing Judgement - Rapatriement de la dépouille du soldat Longtin - Valcartier en deuil : une menace fantôme - Soldats du 22e pleurent - Une mission mal expliquée aux Québécois - More Information Needed on Mission
More Vandoos On the Way - L’avant-dernier contingent de soldats Canadiens s’envole pour l’Afghanistan
CAN PM Tells Dubya "We're Outta There in 2009" (or "We Need Parliamentary Mandate Past 2009?): Original French - Clunky English Translation - Toronto Star - London Free Press: Mission "Could" End?
LOTSA Reservists Training in Wainwright - Two Reservists Mull Deployment - More
Peter Mackay salue le courage des soldats
QC Premier Supports the Mission
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Brit CGS, Visiting Helmand, Calls for Public Support
AFG General Says IRN Comms Engineers Helping Taliban in the South
DEU Agents Chatted with Taliban in 2005? - More - Talks Didn't Go Anywhere - Still Looking for Ways to \"Engage\"?
UN Envoy Warns of More Refugees - More
Some Fuel for the \"It's Really About Petroleum\" Conspiracy Theory?
20 Aug 07
Latest CAN Death in AFG: Statement of Governor General - Message de Son Excellence la très honorable Michaëlle Jean - Statement of Prime Minister - Déclaration du Premier Ministre - Statement of Defence Minister - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - CanWest News - More - more - Bloomberg - CP: He Died Doing What he Loved - Toronto Star - Radio Canada (français) - plus - Globe & Mail - Talked to Folks Hours Before Death - More Deaths to Come? - News search Longtin: français - English (both .pdf)
Reporter Witnesses Prep for Next ROTO in Wainwright - More
Keeping a Grip on AFG Cops
CF Troops Returning to Gagetown fm AFG - More
USA in "Peace Talks" with Taliban in PAK?
UK CDS Favours Special Gong for AFG South Campaign - More
AFG Cops Rescue Just-Nabbed DEU Aid Worker - More - Rising DEU Resistance to AFG Mission
19 Aug 07
Mort d'un militaire canadien en Afghanistan: MDN/FC communiqué - Presse Canadienne - AgenceNews - Radio Canada
CF Soldier Killed in IED Attack on LAV: CF Statement - Canadian Press - Can West News - Reuters - CBC - Voice of America - Xinhua - CTV.ca - Globe & Mail - G&M Comments
CAN PM Praises CF Humanitarian Work During QC Rally - Statement - Premier Ministre Se Joint Aux Familles De Militaires Québécois Pour Rendre Hommage Aux Troupes En Afghanistan - plus
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
The War, Through The Eyes of Medics - Another \"Medical\" View of UK's Work in Helmand
Rounding Up Bad Guys Near K'Har
AFG Engineers Nabbed Working on Bridge in South - New Deadline for KOR Hostages?
Taliban More Media Savvy
Another Take on the \"Is It Winnable?\" Story Line - UK Continues Press (Unsuccessfully) for Mo' NATO Troops
More on (Allegedly) Naughty ITA Troops & Rug Smuggling
18 Aug 07
IED Injures Two More Soldiers - More - more - Deux soldats canadiens légèrement blessés en Afghanistan - Plus
CAN Liberals Want PM to Tell USA Combat Msn Ends in 2009 - More - more - Dion exige plus de transparence - plus
Next ROTO Prepares in Wainwright
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Mullah Omar Urges AFGs to Unite Against Foreign Troops
Honkin' Homicide Bomb Kills 15 (Including USA Mil Contractors) in South - More
AFG, USA Troops Pushing Hard in Helmand, Ghazni - Nailing the Taliban near FOB Robinson
Another DEU Hostage Taken in Kabul - Meanwhile, Talks on KOR Hostages Fail?
DEU Open to Sending Mo' Troops? - CAN, USA Pressing - DEU Cop Union Calls for Better Protection after Three Killed in AFG
PAK Asking NATO to Reconsider \"Military Only\" Approach?!?!?
FIN Survey Says Keep Troop Levels Steady in AFG
17 Aug 07
Two CAN Troops Injured in Blast near Masum Ghar
New CF Tango Call Signs Up Gunned, but No A/C - \"A tank is a very impressive machine\" - Le premier char Leopard 2 finalement arrivé
District Boss, His Three Kids Nailed by Homicide Bomber - More - Gouverneur, ses trois enfants tués dans un attentat-homicide
Un sombre portrait de l'Afghanistan
We're Soon Going to Hear More About CAN Mission in AFG - Could This Be Why? (.pdf)
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
NZL Troops Training AFG Cops - Brit Banker Spends Reserve Time in Helmand
More Joint USA-AFG Kick-Ass in Helmand
Tora Bora Push Continues
No Progress Reported on Taliban Hostage Talks
Good Detail on How the Brits are Working in Helmand - How the Brits are Eating
Recommendations from the AFG-PAK Jirga - Undertone of Kicking (Easing) Foreign Troops Out?
Paper -- "Corruption perceptions and risks in humanitarian assistance: an Afghanistan case study" (.pdf) - Alternate Download Site
Fuel, Flour Prices Climbing in Kabul
16 Aug 07
First New CF Leopards Pull Into K'Har - Training Up
What's the Cabinet Shuffle Mean for CAN's AFG Strategy? - More - The Two New "K'Har Kids" - Assurances of CAN's Continued Help - More - Some Say Changes Coming, Though - More - "Arrogant Assumptions"? - Report on Public Perception (2 MB .pdf)
Why is Media Missing CAN Good Works?
DND Tightening Rules on What Civvy Contract Docs Can Say - In Defence of MoJo Doc
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Opinion: Peaceniks Pipe Up
Pushing into Tora Bora (Again) - Takin' Names - More
Taliban's "How To" Guide - How PAK was Helping Taliban Pre-9/11
Taliban Preparing to Talk Again on KOR Hostages - More - Hopes Not Very High
Brit Officer Refused Morphine in Fatal Helmand Attack to Keep Leading the Troops
EU Pissed at Attack on DEU Convoy - It Was DEU Cops Killed - More
Brit General Defends Current Medal Scheme for Svc in AFG - Online Petition Out There Nonetheless
USA Engineers Buildin' Roads, Levees to Help Out - New Police Checkpoint Goes Up in Oruzgan
15 Aug 07
CF Trainer: C-7's Don't Fit Afghans (So It's Taking Longer to Get Them) - Montenegro Sending Extra Wpns, Too - ESP Goes Even Bigger
New Def Min to Carry AFG Message - More - more - more - Here's Why We're There - New QC Minister to Carry Message in QC - More - O'Connor Demotion \"Inevitable, But Not... Deserved\" - Opinion: Well Done Mr. O'C
Academic: CAN Policy in AFG Good to Go
New Leopards Won't Help Much????
Civvy Surgeons Treating the Wounded in K'Har - Legal Beagle Team, UP!
Opinion: CAN Really Making a Difference in K'Har - More Good News
Cambridge, Ontario Company REALLY Supports the Troops
News search Afghanistan: français (.pdf) - English (.html)
DEU Refuses to Send More Choppers - Three Killed in \"Diplomatic Convoy\" - More - Could be DEU Cops
First POL Troop Killed - More - Already Screaming Back Home to GTFO
Royal Anglian Officer Killed - More Debate on Special Helmand Medal
IRN \"Seriously Doubts\" They're Supplying Arms to AFG Bad Guys - Denies Helping \"Miscreants\"
Two Page Overview of AFG Events, Jun-Jul 2007 - Apr-May 2007 (.pdf)
14 Aug 07
New Globemaster Could End Up Seeing AFG By Month's End
Remembering Thunder Bay's Fallen with Trees (.pdf) - Legacy of One of the Fallen
Opinion: LewMac Says NATO Countries Not Pulling Their Weight in AFG - CBC Producer Says CAN Wrong to Fight in AFGYou Can Only Ever Expect the Unexpected
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Calls for Special Brit Award for Helmand Service - More
UN Tells Everyone (Except the Taliban) \"Be Careful About the Civvies, Guys\" - News Conference Highlights
Taliban Releases Two KOR Hostages - They Appear OK - UN Sec Gen Happy - Let's Not Forget DEU Hostage
(Yet) Another Brit Saying AFG Not a Short Show
Not So Much Progress from Jirga?
USA Mainstream Media Slowly Remembering AFG Fight Still On
Afghans Killed by IRN Border Guards
13 Aug 07
Wounded Vandoos Back In the Fight (Or Will be Soon) - More - more - more - Morale Good - Baptême du feu - plus
K'Har Working to Maintain Progress
CF Considering Gunships (of some sort) for AFG
NOR SF Troops Send Taliban to Allah - NOR May Send Tanks to AFG
Ghazni Gov'r: Two KOR Hostages to be Freed Monday?
PAK, AFG Pres Agree to Work Together Against Bad Guys - More - Text of Deal
12 Aug 07
Five CF Troops Injured in Ambush: Canadian Press - Presse Canadienne (français) - Globe & Mail - Can West News - more - CBC.ca - more
AFG Mil Complaining About Slow CF Wpn Delivery
One Vandoo's Story
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Another Anglian Killed near Sangin
Lotsa Attacks on FB Anaconda in Oruzgan
Taliban Freeing Two Sick KOR Women? - Maybe Not... - No Timetable Set - Doubts? - Confusion?
PAK Pres Calls for Confidence Building with AFG - Calls for Foreign Tps to GTFO?
11 Aug 07
Coalition Nails 'Em in K'Har
Coalition, AFG Mil Kicking Butt - Big Punch Up in Helmand - More
PAK Bashing AQ, Taliban Positions - \"Miscreants\" Nailed
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Finn CO Nabbed for Lying in Investigation of Bribery in AFG
Already, Critics Bashing USA Counter-Drug Approach in AFG
Taliban, KOR Talk About the Hostages - Nothing to Say Yet - Release Promise, or Tease? - Taliban Says No Deal
Jirga Goes Longer than Planned - PAK Pres Showing Up (Better Late than Never)
10 Aug 07
CAN D/Cdr RC-South: Ain't Gonna Be Over Soon - K'Har Top Cop: It'll Take 20 Years to Build AFG Police to Professional Force
How CSIS is Helping the Troops: article en français - clunky internet translation
NATO Soldier Killed in South
Taliban Getting Nailed in Helmand - More - more
NF Reservist Returns from AFG, to No Job - More - more - St. John's Telegram Editorial - National Post Editorial - News search "Wallace Noseworthy" (.pdf)
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Opinion: CAN 3-D Approach Not Working - Taming AFG Needs More than Just Troops - Reconstruction Could Help - Why UK is In for the Long Haul
More on (Alleged) Brit-US SOF Tension over Civvy Cas
New USA $ for USA Counter-Drug Strategy: \"U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan\" - .pdf Version - Exec Summary - Briefing Transcript - Baltimore Sun: Troops Joining the Drug Fight - Financial Times: Focus on the South - Agence France Presse - Associated Press - Reuters - UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Statement of Support
Taliban: We Won't Kill Any More KOR Hostages Until We Talk - More
AFG Politicians Say Taliban is Forming Shadow Governments All Over - PAK Taliban, AQ Bases Moving All Over the PlaceKarzai Asks Tribe Members to Get a Grip
Pressure on Health System Rising in Helmand
AUS PM: AFG More Dangerous than IRQ - Esp. for Aussies in Oruzgan - More - more
PAK Pres Backs Away from Declaring Emergency
9 Aug 07
Next Costall BOI Story Line -- The "Stall" - Opinion: "From the fog, a lesson"- News search Costall 9 Aug 07 (English & français) (.pdf)
Soldier Charged with Manslaughter in Aug.2006 Death of Cpl. Walsh Awaiting Word on Court Martial
Singer Pissed at CAN Doc Publishing Details of Cpl. Megeney's Death - MoJo Article (Check 7 Aug 07 8:38pm for Singer Posting)
Soo Gunners About to Return Home - Edmonton, Too
Artist's Last Blog Entry on Deployment
How One (Non-Military) Canadian is Helping
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Brits Ask USA SF to Leave Helmand Because of Civvy Cas??? - NATO: What you talkin' about, Willis? - Blogger: Gotta Protect Civvy Lives, BUT....
Heat, Horror and a Chuckle in Sangin
AFG Interior Ministry: Good to Go for Rescue of KOR Hostages - AFG Official Tries to Help - Letter: Send In the (KOR) Marines - KOR Aid Groups GTFO'ing - The Nabbings We DON'T Hear About
Fmr AFG Interior Minister: \"there is a reluctance to cover the good news\"
AFG Preps for Jirga - PAK Pres Stays Away - Huh? - AFG a Bit Pissed - Musharraf Preparing to Clamp Down? - More - more - PAK Pres Denies
USA to Unveil New Anti-Drug Strategy for AFG
8 Aug 07
"No Charges in Costall Death" Coverage: Canadian Press - Presse Canadienne (French) - Can West News Service - CTV.ca - CBC.ca - CityNews.ca - Calgary Sun - Agence France Presse - Radio Canada (French) - News search "Costall" (.pdf)
Alternate Locations for Costall BOI Documentation (all .pdf): BOI Executive Summary - BOI Report Part 1 - Part 2 - CEFCOM Review of BOI - CEFCOM Review, Annex A - CDS Letter to CEFCOM - CEFCOM Letter Back to CDS
Vandoos on Patrol with Canadian Press - CF Troops Get an Earful
Returning CF AFG Commander Says Fighting is Just to Allow Development to Happen - CAN Aid NGO Worker Says More $ Needed
Opinion: Baffling AFG Signals - \"Inane Optimism\" Needed to See Progress?
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Swack of Books on AFG in Press - Permalink (.pdf)
Taliban May Swap Female Hostages? - More - KOR Reporter Spends Time with Muj in The Hills
"Hey Diddle Diddle, Right Up the Middle" Not a Success for Taliban at Ghazni: Middle East Times - Associated Press - Voice of America - BBC
USA Medic Visit to Sangin - AFG, USA Forces Deal with Ambush in Neighbourhood, Too
Motorcyclist Doesn't Stop in S.AFG
More Fracas Over Fast Air & Alleged Civvy Deaths in Helmand
Is IRN Meddling in AFG?
7 Aug 07
No Charges to be Laid in Pte. Costall's Fratricide Death: CEFCOM Statement - Statement, CEFCOM CO - Costall Family Statement - BOI Page - CNFIS Statement Confirming No Charges
More "Vandoos Outside the Wire" Stories - More - They're Helping Train AFG Army, Too
Returning Troops Face Readjustment
Karzai: Taliban \"A Spent Force\" - Still, Things Aren't Great Yet in AFG - What Karzai, Bush Said
Opinion: Reasons CAN Should Stay - AFG Still a Mess - Rough Waters for CAN Mission in AFG
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Hitting Civvies -- the REST of the Story - How the BBC Calls It - More - Not JUST BBC Blindly Spreading Propaganda
No NOR Troops to S. AFG - JPN Wrapping Up Support for Mission?
Brits Patrolling with AFG Cops in Helmand - Brits Making Progress
UN Anti-Mine Agency Pissed at Taliban Killing Deminers - More - UN Briefing - Taliban Changing Tack by Attacking De-Miners?
USA, AFG: No Deals with Taliban over Nabbings - Taliban Warns More Nabbings to Come - Taliban Still Owns the Road to Ghazni
PAK Int Team Trip to AFG Cancelled for Security Reasons
FAO: AFG Getting Closer to Self-Sufficiency in Cereal Production
6 Aug 07
AFG Heroin Flooding CAN Streets
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
CF Letter from K'Har, Week 18
Opinion: Why AFG On Road to Anarchy - Quick GTFO Plans+Poor Cred
PAK: What Safe Havens for Taliban, AQ? - Meanwhile, Waziristan Elders Reject Jirga Invite
AUS Troops Nicked in Contact in Oruzgan
DEU Keen on More Mil Aid to AFG Army - Should Extend DEU Mission in AFG
Doc Drops Off Meds for KOR Hostages - Taliban Willing to Talk in Third Country
Embed Critiques Kabul's Golf Course
Dubya, Karzai Talk - More
Karzai Says No Progress on Osama Hunt
Brits Have \"Super-Rep\" in Mind for AFG - USA Uncomfortable with New Rep Being in Kabul
5 Aug 07
K'Har Governor: End of AFG War \"Not Very Far Away\"?
ISAF Fights Back Against Latest Accusations of Hitting Civvies
CAN Doc Article in Cpl. Megeney's Death, with the REST of the Story - Army.ca Discussion
Opinion: Looking at AFG Beyond 2009 (.pdf)
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Latest on the Latest Nailed Taliban Bosses
Another Realistic (Brit) Assessment of How Long It'll Take
Ghazni Governor: PAK Behind KOR Kidnappings
4 Aug 07
Vandoos Head Outside the Wire
Vandoos in AFG Don't Get Why QC Against War
McGeney Family Underwhelmed with Doc's Sharing Story of Their Son Dying in K'Har - More (.pdf)
"How can you distinguish when someone is a civilian or not? When he has his gun laid on the ground, he's a civilian but when he has it on his shoulder, he is not?"
Passport Control as Bellwether for AFG?
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Ougoing Troops Look Forward to Getting their \"Freedom Tags\"
PAK Press Looks at How Troops Unwind Post-ROTO in Cyprus
Opinion: NATO Getting Jittery - CF Missing Opportunities in K'Har? (.pdf) - Def Min-CDS "Conflict" Creature of Media Coverage - Foreign war threatens CAN domestic unity
Brigadier-General Grant Now Major-General Grant
"Perogy Cat" for the Troops - Cartoonist's web page
Taliban Bosses Nailed in Helmand? - Maybe BIG Bosses?
Taliban Says They'll Talk About KOR Hostages (If Guaranteed Safe Passage) - Lookin' for a Place to Talk - Analysis of Taliban Justification for Nabbing - DEU Hostage Shown in Video - AFG Rescue Mission Only on Karzai's Word - Opinion: "The only hope the captives have, then, are for a rescue by Afghan or coalition forces ....or an uncharacteristic act of mercy by the Taliban."
Homicide Bomber Kills 20+ Civvies in K'Har
CENTCOM Sgt-Maj: AFG Army In Right Direction
USA State Dep't IG: Opium Fight in AFG Uphill Push - Report (.pdf)
3 Aug 07
Shortage of Armoured Metal Could Delay Leopard Upgrade
Special Edition of CF Maple Leaf: Full .pdf Version - K'Har PRT Builds Capacity - CF Trainers of ANA Working Selves Out of Job - How UAV Flyers Help the Troops - Tango Call Signs at Work - Support Troops Supporting
CF Chaplain Uses Past to Help Do His Job Better
Candlelight Vigil for Tpr. Caswell
Opinion: CAN Def Min Not Up to Job? - Toronto Star Calls for Def Min to Go - Cabinet Shuffle Coming? - CAN Policy on AFG Needs Revisitng
News search Afghanistan: English - français
Video: Five Years of Change Thanks to NATO
PAK Officials Urging USA, GBR to GTFO AFG - PAK Says USA Hinting at Strikes in PAK Not Helpful
Taliban 2 i/c Reportedly Behind Nabbings - KOR Agrees to Talk Face-to-Face with Bad Guys - KOR Asks USA for Help with AFG Hostages - Amnesty Int'l Calls for Release of All Hostages - KOR: No Military Plans for Rescue - USA: Won't Rule Out Bayonets - Rules Out Prisoner Swap - AFG's Dilemma with Foreign Hostages
Not Many Collateral Damage Limiting Fast Air Munitions Being Used? - GBU-39 Small Diamter Bomb
"Drug facilitators" Nabbed in Helmand - Homicide Bomber Nailed Before Blowing Self Up
Aid Groups Leery About New Rules Requiring Armed Escorts Outside Kabul
Brit Vicar Refuses to Allow Memorial to Dead Royal Marine
2 Aug 07
Another Variation on the \"No Special Treatment for Vandoos\" Messaging - More
Reuters: CAN Focus to Shift to Training AFG Troops
Update on Another Recovering Soldier
Def Min: What Difference Between the CDS and Me?
News search Afghanistan: English - français (.pdf)
Leaflet Drop Warns of Mil Op Near Where KOR Hostages Held - AFG: What Rescue Op? - Indeed, What Rescue Op?!?!
Taliban Propaganda Finds Target in Pashtun Areas
They Also Serve Who Play the Tunes
1 Aug 07
AFG Leaders Want CAN Troops to Stay - More - Even Dubya Thanks CAN for AFG Work
More CAN Troops Returning Home from Their ROTO - More
MCPL Jailed for Not Joining Stand To at KAF
Survey: Tips on How to Sell the Mission
NDP: Time to Can Def Min Over CDS - Keeping a Grip on the Message - What Rift Between CDS, Def Min? - Can They Still be a Team and Send Out Different Messages? - "Speaking Frankly" - Who's the Better "Official" Messenger?
One Version of Anglo-Franco Relations in CF
News search Afghanistan: English - français (.pdf)
AB Premier: Here's the Ribbons, but I Won't Make You Use Them - Calgary Police Association's Approach
AQ Urging Pakistanis to Turf Musharraf - More - Why Osama's Just ACHING for NATO to Dash into PAK
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