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March-April 2008
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30 Apr 08
CAN General: "There is nothing we do that is worth the life of an individual, but do I think it is important for me to be in Afghanistan and do I think my actions and the actions of other Canadians have made a difference here" - .pdf permalink
Mission in Zharei District Shows Where AFG Army's At
Opinion: "Canadians enlisted in new American-style Afghan war"
AUS DefMin Drops By - AUS'd Need 2500 Troops to Replace NLD in Oruzgan - Prince Billy Drops By AFG - Prince William a rendu visite aux troupes britanniques
New UN Uber-Envoy Worries About Weak Central Gov't - Seeks new AFG aid strategy
Bush "content" des progrès accomplis en AFG
U.N.: AFG in Baaaaaaaaad Shape When it Comes to Food - More (.pdf permalink) - Prix du blé n'est pas prêt de redescendre en AFG
29 Apr 08
UN Uber-Envoy Visiting CAN 30 Apr - 1 May; Meeting DefMin, ForMin - Uber-Envoy Gets Strong USA Support
USMC, Coalition Push into Helmand Taliban Country - More - more - Les "Marines" se Lancent - Plus - plus
New USA Troops in South=More Pressure on CAN, UK to Use USA Tactics? (.pdf permalink)
Mortar Attack Disrupts Toby Keith Concert @ K'Har Airfield
PAK Taliban Peace Talks Choke Over PAK Troop Deployments - More - more - more
Taliban Parade Attack Propaganda Win? - CAN Will Press On with Mission - More - Round Up the Usual Suspects? - Shows Holes in the Net?
Commenwealth Air Crew Preparing for AFG While Gunning for Some Prizes - Des équipes du Commonwealth mettent leur compétence à l'épreuve tout en contribuant à l'entraînement des troupes qui se rendront en AFG
UK PM: AFG Mission Short o' Troops - USA Short Of Diplomats For AFG Reconstruction - AUS PM Warns of More Cas to Come
Taliban Evolving into Network of Groups? - How AFG Heroin Fuels Taliban's Fight - War on drugs loses out to anti-Taliban fight for hearts, minds in Helmand
More on Food Crisis in AFG - More
28 Apr 08
CAN Ambassador in Area During Attack on AFG Parade - AP Reporter's Account - Envoy Says AFG Pres OK - CAN Condemns Attack on AFG Pres - More - UN SecGen Pissed, Too - CAN condamne l'attentat terroriste commis lors d'une cérémonie AFG - Enquête sur l'attaque très audacieuse des talibans à Kaboul - Communauté internationale condamne l'attentat de Kaboul
PAK Media: Possibility of Free Sat Links for CAN Troops? (.pdf permalink)- Freedom Calls Foundation page
Poochie Boosts Morale Among CF Troops
AUS SF Trooper Killed, Four Injured in Oruzgan - More - AUS News release - List of Recent AUS Incidents - News Conference Video - Collecting Candy in Honour of Oldest Brit Fallen - ITA to Keep Troops in AFG - More - New Water Bottling Plant at Helmand Base
Opinion: Brain, Not Brawn Required?
27 Apr 08
CF Troops "Walkin' the Beat" in K'Har City - What CIMIC is Doing These Days
Next ROTO Taking Business Courses to Help AFG Women Run Their Own
FC cherchent les blessures cachées chez les soldats
Don Cherry Backs Wounded Warriors
Attack on AFG President's Parade - More - more - more - more - Attaque contre un défilé militaire - Plus - Taliban Claims Responsibility
AFG President Says the Fight Should Be Taken to PAK - NY Times Article (.pdf permalink)
US Marines Patrolling in Helmand - From IRQ to AFG - Female EOD Officer Protects UK Troops in Helmand - Taliban Claim US Chopper Shoot Down - Taliban Lightens Up on Threats Against Cell Phone Towers (For the Summer)
Opinion: Why the Taliban Feel Confident
More About Food Price Worries in AFG
AFG Riders Saddle Up for Buzkashi Season
26 Apr 08
CF Looking at Screening for Minor Head Trauma
CF: Suicide Rates Dropping
Local Press Covers Troops Headed Over
Karzai Criticizes US-British Conduct of War - More - Wants Arrest of Taliban to be Suspended?
Taliban "Spring Offensive" Slow Coming Because of Recruiting/Retention Issues
Opinion: Bernier’s gaffe a damaging blow - Deals with tribal leaders mean trouble for Canadians
Bad Boy Nabbed in Panjwayi - Coalition Medics Offer Clinic in K'Har City
Brits to Hand Some Work Over to Afghans in Helmand - More - Meanwhile, Kajaki Dam Still Needs Work - UKR Doubles Military Commitment! - FRA Pres Says PAK Will Fall if FRA Leaves AFG - CZE Senate Sends Troops
Food Security Update: "Below-average wet season, high prices increase food insecurity" (.pdf)
25 Apr 08
Trainers of AFG Cops Hope New Cops Will Gain Public Trust - Une nouvelle promotion de policiers afghans - Nouveaux policiers AFG supervisés par la GRC
More Minor Brain Injuries Among Troops that First Thought? - More
USA Confirms (Possible) Sale of Six Chinooks to CAN (.pdf) - HTML version - Permalink (.pdf) - More
USAF Pressed to Get More UAVs to AFG
USA General: Taliban Afraid to Attack Coalition Military (So Could Attack Softer Tgts) - Losta Bad Guys Still Sneaking in from PAK
PAK Taliban Boss Calls Ceasefire - More - more - PAK Says Good for AFG - AFG Leery of Idea - CAN Envoy to AFG Worries, Too - USA A Bit Pissed, Too - Editorial: It Won't Last - Taliban Bitten by Snake in Grass?
PAK Pissed at (Alleged) Shelling from AFG - More - more
ISAF Medics Save AFG Kid's Life in Gereshk
Keeping the Warlords on NATO's Side (.pdf permalink)
Opinion: "Soldiers Canada's best ambassadors" - How Does CAN Get Out Now? - L'Afghanistan devient le point de mire - Mirage of a Good War?
Toronto Woman Supports the Taliban - Facebook Profile
Poppy Cultivation Expected to Fall This Year
How Good Governance Won Out (For Now) in Wardak
24 Apr 08
K'Har Guv Praises CAN Buddies
CAN Paid AFG Families for Friendly Fire Deaths (.pdf permalink) - More
Author: CAN Should Call it the War That it Is (.pdf permalink)
Anti-Malaria Bug Nets to Uruzgan - Still Workin' on the Kajaki Dam
Petraeus Next CENTCOM Boss - USA SecDef Re-Looking at US Command Structure in AFG
AUS Troops Name Patrol Bases After Fallen - DEU Troops Union Wants More Troops Quicker to Help Those Already in AFG
Opinion: "Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan providing peace and stability" - Senator Says Education Best Weapon to Arm AFGs With
PAK, AFG agree to strengthen bilateral ties - USA Worried About New Pact - USA Envoy Says Tribal Leaders on Both Sides Willing to Play Nice
UN Uber-Envoy: All Kids in AFG Need Education - Report: Kids Still at Risk - Report (.pdf)
Senlis Compares AFG to SOM - Report (.pdf) - Summary - Recommendations
AFG to Allow IND Wheat In, Shipped Thru PAK - Taking to the Streets Over Food Prices
23 Apr 08
Dans K'har, Soldats Canadiens Déconcertés par un Ennemi Invisible - Les Forces sondent les Québécois
CAN Minister Tries Patching Things Up with K'Har Guv - Ministre Oda termine sa visite en AFG - Even Says Nice Things About Him - Joins Him at Literacy Event, Too - More - Part of CAN "Cabinet Blitz" - Bernier aux Affaires étrangères: un mauvais calcul politique, selon Dion - Commentaires de Bernier Auraient Annulé le Départ du Gouverneur - Editorial: "Canada has every right to speak out about corruption and incompetence in Afghanistan. There's a good way to do it and a bad way, though. Maxime Bernier chose the bad way."
AFG Cops Nail Taliban in K'har After Losing Six to Bad Boys
DEU Refuses to Send Mo' Troops - DEU Troops "Union": Good Call, Considering War There Unwinnable - NOR Troops Fighting Without Enough Night Vision Goggles, Other Eqpt - More - KOR to Send Cop Trainers
DNK Evacuates AFG Embassy Over Cartoon Threats - Danemark évacue ses ambassades en Algérie et en Afghanistan
PAK Cops Shake Down AFG Refugees
22 Apr 08
CBC.ca Video: CF Doing More Patrols in K'Har City on Foot
Ammo, Wpns Seized in Zheri District of K"Har
ISAF, AFG & PAK Meet in K'Har to Discuss Better Comms, Liaison
AFG Politico: K'Har Guv WAS On His Way Out, Until CAN ForMin Spoke Up - Guv Accuses CF of Feeding Minister Bad Info - Gouverneur Khalid réplique
CAN Doctor: "Humanitarian aid and relief in Afghanistan are being held hostage to unclear and unfocused political objectives"
AFG Cops Killed in Border Post Raid - Bad Guys Nailed, Too - More
USA Press for 7-8K Mo' Troops Coming Up Short
Brit Killed in IED Blast in Helmand - More - Soldat Britannique Tué dans le Sud
USA Officer: No Way Outta AFG? - American Interest article (.pdf) - Counterpoint (.pdf) - Zbig: "I'd Do It Again"
USA SecDef Calls on USAF to do More in AFG
Opinion: "Forget Iraq, Afghanistan's turning into a disaster too" - "the United States has to strategically accustom itself to the reality that there are no easy exist from Afghanistan" - Security, Governance Biggest Problems
AFG Buying Loadsa Food to Offset Climbing Food Prices - More
PAK Starts to Force AFG Refugees Out
PAK Rice Smugglers Nabbed Before Heading Into AFG - Still Lotsa Drug Smuggling Routes in AFG
21 Apr 08
CAN Spending on AFG to Top $1-billion in 2008
K'Har Gov Pissed at CAN ForMin Talking About Ousting (.pdf permalink) - Column: Get Rid of Him If He's Bad - Gov Says Foreign Troops Undermining Anti-Opium Efforts (.pdf permalink)
Soo Reserve Officer Heading Back After Leave
Latest on Missing Care Packages
Four Taliban Nailed on K'har Province
More on CAN Troops Helping Train AFG Cops
CAN Int'l Aid Minister in Kabul (.pdf permalink) - CIDA Statement - Ministre Oda prononce un discours en Afghanistan dans le cadre d'une conférence de donateurs internationaux
USA General: AFGs Should Be Able to Secure Most of AFG by 2011
AFG Golf Course Struggling - Rugs as History
Lotsa Work for UK Harrier Pilots=Not Much Time for Carrier Landings - 2 Para Easing into Theatre Routine - Meanwhile, UK Scots Told to Focus on Hearts, Minds - FRA Sending 700 to East End o' Summer - FRA Renforts Partiront Cet Été - Taliban Say NLD Troops Killed Over Movie - USA Still Scrounging Up Mo' Troops - EU Foreign Policy Boss Visits AFG - Reinforces Long-term Commitment - Diplomate en chef de l'UE en AFG
IRN Denies Helping AFG Bad Guys
Opinion: "Lack of contracting oversight hurts Afghan mission" - "Talking to the Taliban"
More Kids Returning to School (But Proportion of Girls Stay the Same)
AFG Public Health Ministry Denies DU Contamination in Tora Bora - More - more
20 Apr 08
CAN Troops Training AFG SWAT Cops
How the Families Are Getting Help - Blatchford on How Hillier Helped
HMCS Iroquois Heads Out to Help in OEF - More - HMCS Iroquois Page
AFG Looking into DU Use in 2001 Invasion
Brit Fallen Now Get Police Escort Back in UK - Survey Says 1/2 NLD Respondents Oppose AFG Fight - ESP DefMin (Seven Months Pregnant) Visits AFG - More
USA Cdrs in AFG Pressing for More Attacks on PAK - Meanwhile, UK ForMin Meets with PAK's NW Frontier Province Boss - More
Taliban Who Nabbed PAK Envoy Wants Their Bosses Released from PAK, AFG Jails
Think Tank Speech: "When it comes to tackling the pervasive insecurity in Afghanistan, the Karzai government and the international community need to hold their nerve and focus on institution building rather than quick fixes" - .pdf permalink
Taliban Trying to Block AFG Executions
19 Apr 08
Two ISAF Troops Killed in South
Civvy Nurses Headed to K'Har
Manitoba Municipality Supports the Troops, Calls on Others to Do Same
CAN Def Min Blames Previous Liberal Gov't for AFG Spending Juggle - MacKay blâme les libéraux pour les problèmes budgétaires de la Défense
CF Land Boss: "The Army is now stretched almost to the breaking point and something is going to have to give if we are to be sustainable over the short and mid-term"
Spike in CF Suicides? - More - more - Suicide dans FC aurait atteint un sommet inégalé en 2007 - Plus
New Book: Supporting the Troops=Supporting the War
Opinion: No Quick Fix
PAK Envoy to AFG Being Held by Taliban - More
AQ Replacing Taliban? - Taliban Changing Tactics? - Taliban Bad Boy Nailed in PAK - More
AFG Cops in Helmand Doing (A Bit) Better
USA SF Tells "60 Minutes" About 2006 Taliban Ambush
Dostum, the "Embattled Warlord"
18 Apr 08
CAN Soldier Injured in Blast near Spin Boldak - CanWest - more - CBC.ca - Canadian Press - CTV.ca
Where'd All the Care Packages Go? - More
CAN Liberals Want ForMin to Resign Over K'Har Guv Comments - More - Réputation canadienne en jeu, selon Bob Rae - World Socialists' Take - Meanwhile, PRT Commander Defends K'Har's Guv
Canadian Press: CF Navy, Air Force Budgets Victims of AFG Mission - NDP Pissed
Time.com's Take on CAN's Debate on AFG
Results of Latest USMC Surge Could Lead to Mo' Marines Later?
Son of NLD CDS Killed in Oruzgan - More - Radio NLD (.pdf permalink 1 - .pdf permalink 2) - Two USA Marines Killed in K'Har - More
At Least 15 Killed in Nimroz Bazaar Homicide Bomb Attack - Maybe More, Near Mosque - Taliban Bad Boy Nabbed in Zabul - More
Not Many A-Q Among Taliban, But They're All Workin' Hard (.pdf permalink)
New UN Uber-Envoy: Training Cops Job 1 - Next AUS Reconstruction Team Heads to AFG - More - Photos - DEU Promises More Trainers - EU Rep Says FRA Sending Troops to Eastern AFG Improves Odds of Catching Bin Laden
Think Tank Report: More Help Needed in AFG - ..pdf version - Alternate .pdf site
US Watchdog Report: USA Lacks Plan to Destroy Terrs and Close PAK Tribal Areas - Summary - Full Report (1.3 MB .pdf) - Alternate Report Download (.pdf)
PAK Urged to Rethink Repat of AFG Refugees
UN Official: "Afghanistan would have great potential to ensure food security for its estimated 26.6 million people if donors invested in agricultural infrastructure and/or if the country's over 190,000 hectares of poppy were converted to wheat production"
17 Apr 08
Associated Press: One CAN Soldier Injured in Blast near Spin Boldak - CanWest - CBC.ca
Families of CF Fallen Visit AFG - More - more
Troops in K'Har Sad to See Hillier Go as CDS - More
Brit Media: CAN Facing Long Wait for Help in AFG - Column: CAN Twisting UKR Arms for Reinforcements?
London-area MP Joining Special CAN Commons Committee on AFG
No AFG Mission in New CF Ads (.pdf) - More (.pdf permalink) - Reports: Retention Tougher with AFG Mission
NATO Knew Mo' Troops Needed in 2006
OXFAM Pushing for More CAN Lead in Aid
NATO Explains Air Drop "Mistake"
NATO Backs New UN Co-ordination Position
Brits Take Reserve Employers to AFG - Brit Gov't Land Agent Busy in Helmand
16 Apr 08
CF Ramping Up Training for Chinook Pilots (Maybe Sending Some Griffons, Too)
CAN For Min Gaffe Ignites Diplomatic Fire - More - CAN PM Takes For Min To Task Over K'Har Guv Remarks - AFG Tribal Leaders Like CAN Not Meddling - More - Bernier Rabroué - Opinion: For Min Doing AFG No Favours (.pdf)
Two NATO Troops Killed in Explosion in South
Pluses, Minuses of CAN Teaming Up with USA on Ops (.pdf permalink) - Red Tape Slowing Deployment of US Marines to South
Eleven AFG Cops Nailed in Attack - More - more - ISAF Pissed
AFG Army Moving from AK-47s to M-16s
Breaking Ground on Panjwayi Road Project - Bad Boys Target Medical Help in Sangin - "Weapon Facilitators" Nabbed in Helmand
Opinion: CAN's Fight in AFG Against Poverty, Ignorance
RAF Regiment Members Killed in Blast Identified - RAF Reservist Oldest Brit to Die in AFG - NLD Provides Aid to Uruzgan Farmers - TUR: NATO Using Too Much Force in AFG
AFG Political Opposition Talking to Taliban - More
Attacks on NGO's Up in 2008 - Report (.pdf)
AFG Politico Says ISAF Supporting Taliban, USA Diplomat Says "WTF?"
UNHCR Suspends Return of Refugees from PAK - More - UN Providing Aid to Offset Rising Food Prices
15 Apr 08
Ooopsie (1): CAN For Min Under Fire for Comments on K'Har Governor - More (.pdf permalink)
Two AFG Cops Killed in Spin Boldak Bombing
What the Mounties are Up To in AFG
CF MP Complaints Body May Press Ahead with Public Hearings into Prisoner Handling - More - more - Opinion: Inquiry "Derailed"
NATO: No Spring Offensive Coming - USA Diplomat Says Taliban Now Squeezed Between PAK, AFG
IED Kills RAF Regiment Troops near Kandahar - more
Oopsie (2): Coalition Drops AFG Cop Weapons to Zabul Taliban
Red Cross to All Sides: Be Careful About the Civvies
14 Apr 08
CAN For Min Drops By PRT - Hey, hey, ho, ho, Kandahar's Governor's Gotta Go - Let's Set Some Benchmarks, Here (.pdf) - More - more - Still Figuring Out How To Tell AFG Army, Cop Training is Complete
CF Info Ops O Working on First AM Radio Station in Zabul
CAN Blocking Mil Police Probe into Detainees? Canadian Press - Toronto Star - CTV.ca
Opinion: Fmr CF Advisor says "The front lines of Kandahar are where Canadian blood is being shed, but we must also do more to support the fragile Afghan government" - Time for CAN Point Man to Communicate Successes in AFG
Brit Media Pissed at Lack o' Escorts for Fallen Returning Home
FRA Thanks CAN for Troops - DEU Mil Boss Seeks Mo' Troops for North
4 Apr 08
Terry John Street, R.I.P.: Clippings search results (.pdf) - CF Statement - FC Communiqué
(No updates between 24 Mar - 12 Apr 08)
23 Mar 08
CAN Liberal Def Critic: More FRA Troops in East=More USA Troops in South - Fmr CAN MP: Toughest Decision Ever was Sending Troops to K'Har
RCDs Receive Valour Awards
Donairs for the Troops
Two Coalition Troops Killed by Bomb in South - More - Deux soldats tués dans explosion dans le sud
AFG Cops, Backed by USA, Nails Taliban in Zabul - Nailin' 'Em in Uruzgan, Too - More - more - Former Talib Supporting Gov't Killed in Helmand - Plus de 40 talibans tués dans une opération dans le sud de l'AFG
Taliban Leader Thought to Be Dead Promises More Attacks
22 Mar 08
More on Lengthening (Maybe) ROTO Lengths -Extending tours won't be easy sell
CAN hésite à appuyer la construction d'écoles islamiques en AFG
Service national des enquêtes tarde toujours à déposer rapport sur l'accident qui a fait un mort et un blessé grave au sein de la population civile afghane dans Kandahar en octobre dernier - GoogEng: Still Waiting for CFNIS Report on Civilian Shooting in K'Har Last October
Returning Troops Feel They Made Some Difference
Lord Stanley's Cup Returning from K'Har
Opinion: Mission canadienne en Afghanistan est-elle justifiée? - World Socialists: CAN's "Liberals support war and social" reaction
Brit SF Operator Wins MC for Firefight During Snatch Patrol
Homicide Bomber Kills AFG Cop Near Shrine in Arghandab - More
NATO Working on "Vision Statement" in Hopes of Making Things Better Internally
Brits Planning 600 More Troops in Helmand - Brits Pushing for More UAV's Faster, Too - 2 Para Learning Pashtun Before Deploying - Bad Boys Nailed in Oruzgan - FRA Sending 1K More Troops (to Eastern AFG) - Will They Be Able to Help in South, Though? - Sarkozy va envoyer un millier de soldats supplémentaires - Plus - plus - USMC Herc Tours Countryside Moving Troops, Supplies - Feedin' the Troops in K'Har
Struggling for Opium Solutions in Oruzgan - Helmand heroin "taxes" still major source of Taliban income - Still, Brit SF Has Drug Lords in Sights - New Helmand Boss to Negotiate with "Second and Third Tier" Taliban
Gold, Flour & Fuel Prices Up in Kabul (.pdf permalink)
21 Mar 08
Jérémie Ouellet, R.I.P.: Artilleur porté en terre - Un dernier adieu
UN Extends, Beefs Up UNAMA Mandate, Role for Uber-Envoy (.pdf permalink) - More - more - Conseil de sécurité proroge le mandat de la Mission pour un an
CDS: Longer ROTO's On the Table (But Not Anytime Soon) - More - more - CBC Says Not in the Works - Militaires CAN pourraient faire face à de plus longs déploiements
CAN Officials Torn Over Helping Build Moderate Madrassas?
NHL Smokin' in K'Har Ball Hockey (Literally) - More - Équipe D'anciens De La LNH Joue En AFG
Helping Families of the Fallen, One Loonie @ a Time
USA VP Pushing for Mo' Troops for AFG - AFG For Min Wants More TUR Troops
Opinion: Soldier Believes in Mission
20 Mar 08
Michael Hayakaze, R.I.P.: Colleagues Not Told of Death Right Away
Opinion: All Fallen Deserve Respect
Longer ROTOs on the Way for CF Troops? - Minister: Longer ROTOs Up to CDS
Returning Troops Say Tanks Make a Difference - Meanwhile, CAN Seeking Companies to Upgrade the Ones We're Getting (.pdf permalink)
More on CAN Nixing Blackhawks (.pdf permalink)
CAN Def Min Drops By for a Few Days - More - more (.pdf permalink) - Says He Sees Progress - Peter MacKay complète une visite secrète
Hockey's Team Canada in K'Har - Stanley Cup, Too - More - more - Nilan, Probert et Napier en AFG
USA VP Drops By, Tells AFG Pres NATO'll Be Pressed for Mo' Troops - AFG
More on Injured Troops Wanting to Stay in the Fight (.pdf permalink)
ISAF Tps, AFG Cops Exchange Fire in Helmand, One AFG Cop Killed - Helmand Governor Wants to Talk to Taliban - RUS ouvre son territoire à l'acheminement de fret - GoogEng: RUS Open for Business on Logistics Deal? - TUR Considering Mo' Troops for AFG - More
Quand les écoliers de Helmand font l’école buissonnière pour travailler dans les champs de pavot
UK Parliamentary Committee Report: "Achieving a common understanding of ISAF's mission in Afghanistan should be a key priority for NATO at the Bucharest Summit. This is essential if there is to be greater strategic coherence to the Alliance's operations." - Full report (html) - full report (.pdf) - More
19 Mar 08
CAN Turns Down Blackhawks for K'Har?
AFG Politicians Claim Civvies Killed in Helmand Airstrike - More - ISAF Calls "Bullshit!" (.pdf permalink) - More - 50 morts dans le sud suite à un raid - GoogleFrancais: Talibans réclamations de victimes civiles mépris - Plus
What the Civvy Logistics Truck Drivers Face
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations: AFG Mission Needs "Sharpening"
Students play hooky to work in Helmand’s poppy fields
Opinion: Lettre "Parlez-leur des travailleurs humanitaires qui sont attaqués par des Talibans parce que, depuis que les soldats se mêlent d'actions humanitaires pour améliorer leur image, les vrais travaileurs sont assimilés à des soldats." - GoogleEnglish: "Talk to them humanitarian workers who are attacked by the Taliban because, since the soldiers mingle humanitarian actions to improve their image, the real workers, are treated as soldiers."
AUS PM: NATO Needs Long Term Plan for AFG - More - AUS n'enverra pas d'autres troupes en AFG jusqu'à des réformes de l'OTAN - Retour de soldats russes n'est pas envisagé, affirme l'OTAN - RUS to Announce Soon Whether NATO Logistics Deal Is a Go
18 Mar 08
Jason Boyes, R.I.P.: On His Way Home - More (.pdf permalink) - CF Confirms ID - Latest Fallen Described as Family Man, Warrior - More (.pdf permalink) - On Third Tour - More - more - more - AFG dangers something slain soldier didn't share at home - Photo - GG Statement - PM Statement - Def Min Statement - Un Canadien perd la vie - FC identifient le dernier militaire mort - Message de Son Excellence la très honorable Michaëlle Jean - Déclaration du Premier ministre du Canada - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale
US, CAN Troops Cranking Up AFG Cop Training in K'Har
Searching for Available NATO Mil Helicopters
Happy to Have the Marines Helping Out! - More (.pdf permalink)
Retour à la maison pour 55 soldats
"Almost universal agreement" among CF troops that mission extension right decision
Opinion: "Afghan escape hatch opens in 2009" - Warlords Rule
"NCO Experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq," US Army Sergeants Major Academy, October 2007 (3 MB .pdf, ~200 pgs) - Alternate download site
NPR Video on How Changes in Coalition, Taliban Tactics Affect Civvies
More on Ontario Forester/Reservist Suggesting Trees as an Option for AFG
Civvies Pissed @ Taliban Over Attacks on Mobile Phone Towers - Still, The Systems Now Shut Down @ Night
AUS: No Mo' Troops Until Plan for AFG in Place - More on Fatal Homicide Bombing in Helmand - DNK Troops Killed - CZE Trooper, Too - MORE Poochie Stories from UK MoD - Protests Against (Alleged) RUS Troop Deployment - Meanwhile, TUR Says They're NOT Sending Troops
Roadside Bomb in PAK Hits Fuel Truck Bound for AFG Forces
UN Official: Lack of Security=Problems with Getting Aid Out
17 Mar 08
Michael Yuki Hayakaze, R.I.P.: A life lived 'to the fullest' as a soldier
Les derniers militaires rentrent enfin - Plus
New School Firebombed in K'Har
Injured CF Soldier Completes 5 km Fun Run (.pdf permalink)
New USMC Commander on the Ground: "Canadians have learned a lot of hard lessons here and have paid for it in blood .... They have done some awesome things and have been very gracious in teaching us what they have learned."
CAN: Hey, We Need More Troops Here - CAN Def Min Says USA Will "Backstop" Some Troops if Needed - Here's Where He Was Talkin' - Still No Consensus Yet, Though - OTAN a besoin de plus de troupes en AFG - FC Communiqué: Ministre de la Défense nationale discute de l’Afghanistan au Forum de Bruxelles 2008 - CAN et ses alliés de l'OTAN accentuent la pression sur la FRA - Plus
Il entrevoit la fin du règne des talibans
Opinion: Let's Not Dump Too Hastily on the French, Shall We? - "The war of words between Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives and the opposition parties has come to an end, but the real winner in this dispute may be obfuscation." - Afghanistan : l'Irak des Canadiens
Helmand Homicide Bomber Kills Four Troops - Trois soldats de l'OTAN, 3 civils ont été tués dans Helmand - Plus - Brit Marine Band Broken Up as Bandsmen Head to AFG as Medics, Stretcher Bearers
16 Mar 08
Jérémie Ouellet, R.I.P.: Mystery over death continues (.pdf permalink) - Dépouille arrive à Trenton - Photo
AFG General: Kandahar No Longer Worst Province, Thanks to CAN (.pdf permalink)
CAN Expecting NATO Offer of 1K Troops at April Summit
Lotsa Development Projects in K'Har Province
À l'hôpital de la base de l'OTAN à K'har
More Dead = More Emotional Issues to Deal With?
2,5 milliards pour prolonger la mission
Protesters Out Against CAN in AFG - More - more - Manifestants dénoncent la prolongation de la mission - Plus
Opinion: "Canada's Parliament sent the right signal to the world this week by voting 198-77 to extend our military mission in Afghanistan until December 2011." - "Nation’s worth not defined by body counts" - World Socialists say "US/NATO occupation intensifies Afghans' misery" - Supposed to be Six Month Mission (.pdf)
Brit Medics Treating Boy with Knife in Head Receive Awards - UK MoD Shows Off Tech Helping Heroes in AFG - Getting Closer to NATO-RUS Logistical Support Deal
New Uber-Envoy's Priority: Gettin' Things Co-ordinated
PAK Taliban: Get Ridda Musharraf, Let's Talk Truce
13 Mar 08
Jérémie Ouellet, R.I.P. : Coming Home Today - Retour de la dépouille du soldat Ouellet
CAN House of Commons vote extends AFG mission - More - more - more - Injured medic praises decision to stay - Not all favour extension - Cost of Mission Raising Some Concerns
12 Mar 08
Jérémie Ouellet, R.I.P. : CF Statement - FC Communiqué - Message from Governor General - Message de gouverneure générale - PM Statement – Declaration de PM - Statement by the Minister of National Defence - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - Radio-Canada - On His Way Home - More - Condolences
9 Mar 08
All Eyes on Big Vote in CAN Parliament Thursday (13 Mar 08) - How One Family of the Fallen is Coping
Padre: Ramp Ceremonies Don't Get Easier
Returning CAN Cops Impressed with Knowledge of AFG Legal Aid Types
Royal Navy Sea King Pilots Prepare in NOR for AFG
Les garçons perdus de Kandahâr
Milliers d'Afghans veulent le retrait des soldats DNK, NLD - Protesters Burn DNK, NLD Flags over Cartoons
More on UN Appointing Uber-Envoy
8 Mar 08
Globe & Mail: "In Afghanistan, Canadian fighters have been sustaining serious injury on a scale not seen since Korea. When they return, what prospects are there for soldiers who can't soldier any more?" - .pdf permalink
CAN leads huge humanitarian delivery to Afghans - Clearing canals: In AFG simple projects change many lives
Lotsa Women Took Part in Int'l Women's Day March in K'Har - UN: Time for More Investment on AFG Women, Girls - "Upholding a promise to Afghanistan's women" - A woman's eye on AFG
Anti-Taliban vote in PAK could be a gain for CAN troops
USA ForMin: NATO Obliged to Find Extra Troops for CAN - NATO's New Comprehensive Strategy For AFG Coming
CAN Liberal leader heckled by anti-war protesters
ANA Learning Psy-Ops
Brit Troops, Civvies in Helmand Make Honours List - More - USA DoD Insp-Gen (.pdf): "Unless training requirements are continually updated to reflect changes in the composition of ISAF and the evolution of operations in Afghanistan, DoD may not be able to provide up-to-date training support to coalition forces to prepare them for duty in ISAF" - Alternate report download site (.pdf)
AFG welcomes NOR's Eide as new UN uber-envoy
Worries (Continue) About Returning Refugees
7 Mar 08
Michael Yuki Hayakaze, R.I.P.: He's Home - More - more - more - more - "It Never Gets Easier"
Taking a While for Panjwaii to Recover, Even with CF Efforts
Caporal Alain Lacasse est de retour à la maison - Soldats de Valcartier : heureux et soulagés de rentrer - CF Hiring Lotsa Counsellors to Deal with PTSD
CAN For Min Optimistic as NATO Allies Agree (in Principle) to New AFG Plan
CAN "taking new action to reduce discrimination against women and children in Afghanistan and encourage their participation in Afghan society" - CAN "prendra des mesures pour réduire la discrimination contre les femmes et les enfants en Afghanistan et pour encourager leur participation à la société afghane"
RUS Offering Plan to Ship Non-military Goods to Help NATO in AFG - FRA "warms" to CAN Call for Help
AQ in AFG Looking for Foreign Volunteers
Opinion: AFG women "recovering stolen time" - Harper et la mission AFG - Usual Suspects Citizen Forum "Advocates Peace"
Subdury Police Support the Troops
UK Royal Engineer Uses Heavy Equipment to Help Platoon, Wins Conspicuous Gallantry Cross - "My stomach was torn open... so I tucked my shirt in and kept shooting" - More - Brits Get to Reach Out and Touch Taliban a Bit Further Away
CAN Fed Court reserves decision on detainee transfers - Human Rights Gps Tell CAN Fed Court Detainee Transfers Must be Blocked - Deux groupes de défense des droits interpellent les tribunaux canadiens
NOR diplomat pegged as AFG Uber-envoy - More - more - Norvégien désigné émissaire en AFG - Plus
6 Mar 08
Michael Yuki Hayakaze, R.I.P.: Blizzard causes delay; Fallen returns today - More - Dépouille du cavalier Hayakaze arrivera à Trenton aujourd'hui - Plus
AFG MPs Beg CAN to Stay the Course - Minister Oda to Make an Announcement in Support of Afghan Women and Girls - Ministre Oda annoncera un soutien additionnel aux femmes et aux filles Afghanes
Private Sector Eager to Lease Choppers to CAN for K'Har - NATO May Ask RUS for Logistical Help
More Mobile Phone Towers Being Nailed by Taliban in South - More
CAN soldiers fined, released from Cypriot jail - More - Soldats CAN plaident coupable - Plus
Bad Boys Nailed in Helmand - More - Found a Few Car Bombs, Too - Fair Bit o' Heroin Snagged
CENTCOM Cdr: No Spring Offensive Expected
USA Sec of State Optimistic About Mo' Troops for AFG - "The Canadian contribution is highly valued and so we need very much to be able to meet the circumstances that would allow Canada to continue" - Brits Confident, Too - More
Morale Down Among USA Troops in AFG?
Detainee Litigation: "Not our job to show jails free of torture, Ottawa will argue"
Municipality of Petawawa Calls on All of Ontario to Support the Troops - Legion Care Packages Make it Over
Opinion: "Injured soldiers are not disposable" - "Canada's Muddled Afghan Mission" - World Socialists: "Liberals and Conservatives join forces to extend intervention in Afghan war" - "Rural Afghanistan is very self contained and used to taking care of themselves .... Anyone wanting to reach these people, must also think local"
UN Pushes AFG Gov't to Crack Down on Opium
WFP food distributions begin for Afghans hit by high food prices
5 Mar 08
Michael Yuki Hayakaze, R.I.P.: Dernier voyage d’un cavalier - Weather Delay in Repatriation - Vol de rapatriement retardé
CAN DefMin: USA May Supply Six Helicopters - More - Renfort aérien en AFG pour bientôt, selon Peter MacKay
New Bridge Opened in K'Har
Officer Headed Out for Third Deployment - CF Reservist/Forester: Can Forestry Make a Difference in K'Har? - More(.pdf)
More on CF Members Charged in Cyprus During Decompression - More - more - Brit Victim Says He Bears No Grudge - L'homme qui aurait été battu par des soldats CAN a pardonné
Opinion: Female AFG MP onCAN's AFG Mission -Canada's Afghanistan mission - The Second Fog of War - Mission seems impossible
Brits to Help Train Anti-Taliban Militia.....in PAK - More on Coldstream Guards Taking on Taliban - FRA Pushing for "Focused NATO Front" Against Taliban - USA May Get to Use UZB Bases
Prince Harry Says Rations Suck - (But the Mail Sucks Even More) - Jamie Oliver Good to Go to Help - More - UK MoD: Honest, They're Getting Better!
UN Says AFG Heroin Production At All-Time High - More - Héroïne: production record en Afghanistan en 2007, selon l'OICS - "Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007" - News Release (.pdf) - Press kit (.pdf)
IRN About to Send Back 1M AFG Refugees?
4 Mar 08
Michael Hayakaze, R.I.P: On his Way Home - More - more - Was Replacing Injured Driver - Condolences Pouring In More - more (.pdf permalink) - 79e soldat CAN meurt près de Kandahar
Thinking About IEDs While Prepping for Coming ROTO
Heureux et soulagés de rentrer
CAN Troops Accused of Beating Up Brit Expat in Cyprus (.pdf permalink) - La «décompression» de deux soldats canadiens revenus d'AFG s'est mal terminée ce week-end - Plus - plus
Youth Group Director in South: "The Canadians are winning here, but you have lost the propaganda war to the Taliban"
CAN Vote on AFG Motion March 13 - More
VP of CIDA's Afghanistan Task Force to Canadian Press: "Reconstructing Afghanistan is not going exactly as everyone had hoped" (.pdf permalink) - Reconstruction de l'Afghanistan: Tout ne baignerait pas dans l'huile
Letter to Editor: Medical Intern in Herat Seeks Help from CAN
USA Morning Show Host Steps on Dick Says Prince Harry Sent to AFG Because He's More Expendable that William (YouTube video) - More
USA Chair of Joint Chiefs to Speak to PAK - Heatin' Up on the Pashtun Border Area of PAK - More
3 Mar 08
CF Soldier Killed in IED Strike: ISAF Statement - Initial CF Release - Name of Trooper Released - Globe & Mail (.pdf permalink) - Canadian Press - CTV.ca - CanWest - More - CBC.ca - Army.ca condolence thread - Toronto Star: Sacrifice was on mind of slain soldier - Message from Governor General - Statement by PM - Statement by the Minister of National Defence
Engin explosif de fabrication artisanale tué soldat canadien: FC Communiqué - Divulgation de l’identité du militaire canadien tombé - Xinhua - Un cavalier tué à Kandahar - Plus - Presse Canadienne - La Presse - Le Soleil - Message de gouverneure générale - Déclaration de Premier ministre - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale
Detainees Seeing Better Prisons (But Not Better Justice)
Suspended AFG MP: CAN Should Change Policy
ISAF Mil Boss Disses Caveats - Getting Extra Help Focus of Meeting in ROM Next Month
More on AFG Replacing Helmand Governor - AFG Int Boss: Only 5 % of Country Under Taliban Control
UK's Coldstream Guards Take Fight to Taliban - Brit Cop Finds Kabul Easier with Experience Policing in Dundee
AQ Issues Online Eulogy of Strategy Man in AFG Nailed in PAK in January - AQ diffuse un vidéo montrant la dépouille d'un de ses principaux commandant en AFG
PAK Planning Push in Tribal Areas
2 Mar 08
CF Soldier Killed in IED Strike: CTV.ca - CanWest - Army.ca condolence thread
Engin explosif de fabrication artisanale tué soldat canadien: GoogleFrancais
CO Brings the Troops Home
Dubya to NATO: 'Contribute More' to Help CAN in South - More - Bush demandera plus de troupes à ses alliés de l'Otan
Pre-ROTO Ex in Texas Wrapped Up
Getting Girls Learning Science Again
Taliban Blow Up Second Mobile Phone Tower in South - Destruction d'une tour de téléphonie mobile
Opinion: Making the mission work
UK Statement on Pulling Prince Harry Outta AFG - Prince Harry frustrated at early return: Charles - Les difficultés de l’armée POL en AFG - Brits Honouring the Fallen with Tattoos on the Bums
NOR Envoy to NATO Angling for Uber-Envoy Post?
AFG Approves New Counter-Drug Minister
USA Plan Widens Role in Training PAK Forces
1 Mar 08
Outgoing CAN Commander Sees Progress in K'Har
CAN Back to Transferring Detainees to AFG Custody - More - What's Changed - More - more - more (.pdf permalink) - more (.pdf permalink) - more - more - more - Canada reprend le transfert des détenus aux autorités AFG - Plus - Too early for prisoner transfers, critics say - More - more (.pdf permalink)
Taliban Invisible (Except for IEDs)
A family awaiting deployment - "A poignant arrival in war-torn Kandahar"
Where Is Everybody Trying to Improve AFG? (.pdf permalink)
NATO Sec-Gen Disagrees with USA Director of Nat'l Int Assessment, Too
New Governor for Helmand - More - Tough Place to Fight - Prince Harry Not Pleased to be Heading Home - Here's Why - Obama Disses DEU, FRA in AFG - DEU Not Fazed - McCain Says No NAFTA, No CAN Tps in AFG?
Former Soviet Generals Tell DEU They Should GTFO AFG (.pdf permalink)
Opinion: "What a strange little war it is" - CAN in AFG: The New Conquistadores
Taliban Still Doing (Too) Well With Drugs - "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Southwest Asia: Afghanistan" (US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) - Malgré l'Otan, de plus en plus d'Afghans cultivent le pavot - Think Tank Report: Status Quo is Best Option for Dealing with Drugs - Report (.pdf) - Alternate report download site (.pdf)
Foil Hats: More on RUS Accusing USA of Facilitating AFG Drug Trade?
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