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September 2007
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CAN in Kandahar News Archive (Apr-Dec 2006)
30 Sept 07
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28 Sept 07
Cpl. Nathan Hornburg, King's Own Calgary Regiment, RIP: Message from Governor General - Message de gouverneure générale - Déclaration du Premier ministre - Statement by the Prime Minister - Statement by the Minister of National Defence - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - Calgary Military Museum Missing Cpl. Hornburg - CTV.ca - CF Photo - AFP: Bad Day Across the South - Slain soldier 'exemplifies courage, dedication' - Toronto Star - CanWest: Another Ramp Ceremony - "A cattle rancher's son from Nanton has become the latest Canadian to die" - Fallen soldier made world 'a better place' - Soldier's death hits Calgary regiment hard - Presse Canadienne
Recherche d'actualités Hornburg - News search Hornburg (.pdf)
Another CAN Solider Injured in Ambush: Canadian Press - CanWest - Soldat canadien grièvement blessé dans une embuscade au sud de l'Afghanistan
Locals Say Taliban Losing Ground - "What is the point of sending your army to Afghanistan if it isn't going to fight?"
AFG Mission "All About the Numbers" - Speaking of Which, Lotsa Taliban Nailed - More - Violents accrochages en Afghanistan: près de 130 talibans tués
Le soldat Bourassa se réadapte
NDP Whines About CAN Team Helping AFG President with Speech: Transcript of the Speech in Question - NDP Statement - NPD: La Défense nationale a rédigé le discours de Karzaï au Parlement - Released Document (.pdf) - Alternate download site - Canadian Press - Presse Canadienne - Plus - CanWest - Reuters - CBC.ca - Radio-Canada - TGS.ca - How's This for an Alternative Explanation? - More - Globe & Mail - National Post: AFG Gov't Asked for Messages & Themes, not Completed Speech - Associated Press - Edmonton Sun - Latest Reuters - AFP en francais
CAN Liberals Suggest NATO "Experiment" of CAN Just GTFO'ing in 2009 - Permalink to article (.pdf) - Blogger Counterpoint: ''I'd march up to Dion with three Afghan children in tow. I'd say, "Mr. Dion, with all due respect, can you please tell these children what you just told NATO?" ''
Opinion: More on Political Piss Match over Mission - "While there obviously is still much work to do, it is now all-important that NATO countries stay the course in Afghanistan" - Senlis Did Its Homework in Afghanistan
Recherche d'actualités Afghanistan - News search Afghanistan (.pdf)
AFG’s hope lies with army (if numbers grow)
NOR SF Helps Kick Taliban Butt - ESP Sends More (Teaching) Troops - More
Les talibans font taire une radio à coups de roquettes - Google English: Taliban Attack Radio Station to Shut it Up
Karzai to UN: Terrorism, Drugs Hurting Progress
25 Sept 07
Canadian Reservist Killed in AFG - CF Statement - MND/FC: Soldat canadien tué en Afghanistan - Soldat canadien tué lors d'un attentat en Afghanistan - More on I.D. - Toronto Star - ISAF Statement - Army.ca Updates - CanWest/National Post - Wikinews
CAN PRT Boss: Progress Slow, but Sure
La peur frappe de plein fouet
CAN Def Min: We Have Until April 2008 to Say Whether We GTFO - More - Le Canada a jusqu'en avril pour dire s'il prolongera la mission, dit MacKay
More Medals for the Boys from GG - GG annonce l’octroi d’une Décoration de la vaillance militaire et de 24 Décorations pour service méritoire (division militaire)
Senlis Council: CAN Should Back Talks with Taliban - "Peace in Afghanistan – Made in Canada" (.pdf) - Alternate report download site - Le Canada devrait soutenir le président afghan, selon un groupe de réflexion - UK Def Min: We'll Have to Negotiate with the Taliban at Some Point - Karzai Trying to Bring Them Back Into the Fold - UN Media Briefing: Too Early to Talk About UN's Role in Such Talks (.pdf)
Opinion: CAN GTFO'ing Won't Make AFG Better - Worthington: Vandoos DO Go Outside the Wire
NS College Starts Scholarship in Honour of Fallen Reservist
More on Major Ruckpaul's Death - Un soldat canadien mort à Kaboul s'est suicidé, selon la police militaire
Recherche d'actualités Afghanistan - News search Afghanistan (.pdf)
US Army Shares Best Practices from PRT's - Manual (.pdf) - Alternate download site (.pdf)
NLD Considering Sending More Troops? - More
More on ITA Troops Being Rescued - UK SBS Helped Out - More - Were the Brits Leading? - More - more - ITA Media: Nabbed Soldiers Belonged to ITA Mil Int - SISMI Page (English) - Raid Carried Out by ITA Para Unit - Army.ca Discussion - Huit ravisseurs sont abattus - plus - plus - plus
Meanwhile, ITA Communists Say No Need to Change Caveats (Google English translation) - ITA Pres: Mission Isn't Changing (both Google English translations)
UN Presses AFG to Strenthen Regional Links
24 Sept 07
23 Sept 07
22 Sept 07
21 Sept 07
20 Sept 07
UN Extends AFG Mission Mandate to Mid-October 2008 - ONU Conseil De Sécurité Proroge L’autorisation De La Force Internationale En Afghanistan - Why Russia Abstained (Google English translation of French UN news release): "Mr. VITALY CHURKIN (Federation of Russia) .... considered it regrettable that, during the discussions of the draft Resolution, no clearness was brought concerning the maritime component of interception. This one, has it says, must be used exclusively within the framework of the antiterrorist fight and not at other ends." - Reuters - Agence France Presse - More - Conseil de sécurité proroge mandat de l'ISAF
CAN, NLD Ask NATO Countries for More Troops: Reuters - Voice of America - Agence France Presse - DutchNews.nl - Expatica (NLD) - ANP (NLD): Send Troops South
DEU Cabinet Urges Parliament to Extend Mission One Year: Deutsche Welle - DPA (DEU) - More - Reuters - Associated Press - Xinhua - L'Allemagne pourrait maintenir ses troupes en Afghanistan encore un an - German Army Backgrounder on AFG Mission (Google English)
One Civilian Killed, Three Injured in CAN Convoy Traffic Accident - More - ISAF Statement
News search Afghanistan - Recherche d'actualités Afghanistan (.pdf)
More on Karzai's Plea to CAN - PAK Media Spin - Fathers of Fallen Say Karzai is Bang On - Opinion: "Opposition must answer Karzai"
Quebecers heckle foreign minister over AFG mission - Le ministre Maxime Bernier est interrompu par des manifestants plus - Part of AFG Mission Conference in Montreal: francais - Google English
CAN Lending GBR Wounded Pajamas for Trip Home (Special thanks to daftandbarmy at Army.ca for this one) - More Ways Brits Treated Like Crap
Opinon: CAN Considering AFG "Quagmire"? - Mideast tension requires Canada to rethink plans - Time to Rethink NATO Strategy? - How Much Clout, Exactly, Does "Moderate" Taliban Have in Overall Taliban War Effort?
More on Latest Push
Patrice Roy: «C'était une scène d'apocalypse» - Google English: Injured Quebec Journalist says, "“It was like if a white and extremely noisy flash struck us .... there remained nothing any more but my caméraman and me in the vehicle. The others had been projected outside by the force of the explosion.”
TV Story on Pretty Damned Good CF Sniper, Part 1 - Part 2
Taliban Using Kids as Human Shields - Taliban Still Blocking Redevelopment of Kajaki Dam
AFG Pres Speaking to UN Next Week - UNAMA Denies Wanting to Become "Body Counting Agency"
Two DNK Troops Injured in Firefight in Helmand
More on How Tough Training AFG Cops Is - And How Tough Training AFG Army Is, Too
DEU Tornados Complete 500 Flights - NATO Report: "German Tornado reconnaissance planes (do) not provide intelligence in real time, in order to abide by a national caveat preventing their direct support of combat operations...."
Campagne contre la polio lancée sur fond d'appel à la cessation des violences - UN-backed immunization drive starts amid calls for end to violence - Taliban Says They'll Co-operate?
11 Sept 07
10 Sept 07
Troops Injured, CP Reporter Shaken by IED During OP Keeping Goodwill - More - more - Deux soldats canadiens sont blessés - OP Called Successful
Vandoos Pushing Through to Zhari - More - La guerre made in Québec
Worries About CF UAV's in Theatre
Nourrir la paix sous les roquettes
NATO: CAN Troops will be 'missed sorely' if they're withdrawn in 2009
More on no vote in Parliament unless CAN PM can find enough support to "finish the job" - Willingness to Wait for Consesus to Emerge - Harper ne tiendra pas de vote rapide - More - more - And the Protesters Just Keep Protesting...
CAN, K'Har Officials Differ on How Secure the Area Is
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Opinion: "Resisting the Opposition's to Abandon the Afghan People" - "Cold Feet in a Hot Spot" - "We all seem to agree that Afghanistan is a critical issue for Canada .... Therefore we need a genuine informed debate."
Brits Holding Kajaki Dam Area - Brit NCO Killed Leading Platoon to Recover Body of Fallen Back - MoD Statement
More on Karzai Willing to Talk to the Taliban - Taliban Ready to Talk? - Les talibans acceptent la main tendue de Karzai plus
Rumsfeld Calls AFG A Success
9 Sept 07
Latest on New Push into Zhari: CBC.ca - CTV.ca - CanWest - Regaining Lost Ground - Two CF Troops Injured in Op
CAN PM: No Vote on AFG Mission Extension Unless Another Party On Side - More - Only Wants Vote if the Job Can Be Finished Right
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
UN Study: More than Eight out of Ten Suicide Bombers Recruited, Trained in PAK - More - UN News Release (.pdf) - Alternate site (.pdf) - "Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan (2001-2007)" (.pdf) - Alternate Site (.pdf)
Henault: AFG is "Job One for NATO" - Still, Not a "Make or Break" for Alliance?
Peaceniks Promise Vigil at NATO General Meeting Site - More - more - more - more - "NATO as Puppet" Messaging - Peaceniks Accuse NATO of "War Crimes"
MAJ Ruckpaul Laid to Rest
More on Op Medusa Second Guessing, One Year Later: Army.ca Discussion - The Torch blog entry with Gen Fraser's Take
Opinion: "We negotiate with terrorists all the time, and we should again" - Talking peace with the Taliban: In the shifting sands of Afghanistan, it can be hard to see the lay of the political land - «La majorité des membres du gouvernement et du Parlement ont violé les droits fondamentaux» - Préparer l'après-Afghanistan... et l'après-Bush - Afghan debate needs more input - Afghan mission hurt by misleading spin campaign - USA Should GTFO KOR Because of Hostage Deal
No Medals for Royal Marines in "Strapped to Apache" Rescue Mission - Letter on Page 26 of Sept 07 Royal Navy News - Letter & MoD Response - UK Army Rumour Service discussion
School STILL Out in South Because of Taliban
JPN Toying with Sending Hercs to AFG
Afghans losing hope: former FM and Massoud aide - Nuristan as Bad News Bellweather?
8 Sept 07
OP Keeping Good Will Under Way, with Vandoos Engaged
Eyes Wide Open on Patrol with Vandoos
Une rivalité Québec-Montréal à l’afghane - K'Har vs. Kabul = Montreal vs. Quebec City (Google English)
Le capitaine Jocelyn Lemay poursuit sa correspondance avec le Journal de Rosemont–Petite-Patrie - Captain Jocelyn Lemay continues his correspondence (Gogle English) - Life at the K'Har PRT
"Afghan police lose ground previously won by Canadians"
Start of the "We'll Do Something Else Instead" Story Line?
DEU Asking ("Begging") CAN to Stay Longer?!? - L'Allemagne supplie le Canada de ne pas quitter en février 2009 - Aussies Will Have Some Questions When CAN PM Visits AUS, Too
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
More on Peaceniks Protesters Picketing NATO Generals - More - NATO Boss: Need Int'l Co-ordinator in AFG; How About Loosening Up Those Caveats, Too?
More on the "Not Enough Int" Storyline
Opinion: What Christie Blatchford Says She's Gonna Miss - "In studying military history - Canada always gets to do the dirty work" - "Highway of Heroes dilutes the good name of heroism" - More rigorous controls needed for Canada's aid to Afghanistan
Major Ruckpaul's Obit
Rick Mercer Show in Edmonton to Help Out Amputee Program
FRA Sending More Troops - Camarades du soldat mort à Kaboul émus par l'hommage des Bleus - Comrades of the soldier died in Kabul moved by the homage by the Blue ones - JPN PM: GTFO AFG=Me Gone
USA: 230+ Taliban Nailed in K'Har since 27 Aug - More - more
Brits Fight Off Taliban at FOB Arnhem
UK's General Sir Mike: AFG Still Winnable
Le fragile espoir de Gulab et de Sued
7 Sept 07
CF General Says Things Are Better Since Last Year - More Optimistic than a Week Ago, It Might Seem
Some NATO Nations Letting CAN Down - NATO Generals Map AFG Approach in CAN - More - NATO Mil Chair: It's About What Needs Doing, Not How Long It'll Take - More - It Would Be Nice to Have Mo' Boots on the Ground - More - more - more - And Let's Not Forget Those Pesky Caveats - Général Henault veut que le Canada reste - plus - NATO Wants CAN to Stick Around - "But We Won't Meddle, Ya Know"- And It Wouldn't Be a Meeting of Officials from All Over Without a Protest, Would It?
Latest Fallen Funeral This Weekend - More
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Ontario Signs "Highway of Heroes" - Des panneaux routiers affichant "autoroute des héros" sont dévoilés le long de l'autoroute 401
Two More Brits Fallen in Helmand
Anthropologist Team, UP!
USA Spec Op Marines Back in AFG, in Helmand - With the Brits in the Upper Gareshk Valley - Taliban Attack (Unsuccessfully) During Shura
What the Taliban is Saying is Happening in Oruzgan
Still Lotsa Schools Closed in South
PAK Bombers Nabbed in K'Har
AFG Denies CHN is Supplying Wpns to Taliban - Part of Trying to Play Nice-Nice with CHN? - AFG dément la rumeur selon laquelle la Chine aurait fourni des armes aux talibans
GBR-USA Rift Brewing Over AFG?
6 Sept 07
NATO Boss "Disappointed" More Countries Aren't Helping in the South - DEU Cabinet Agrees to Stick Around (But Not in the South) - More
More on CAN Cops Headed to Kabul
CF Commanders Second Guessed On Year After OP Medusa
Report: CF Having Trouble Keeping Up with Int Needs for AFG? - More
Radio-Canada rejette les accusations de partialité et de propagande - Radio-Canada Defends Against Accusations of Supporting War, Broadcasting "Propaganda" - Libre-Opinion - Radio-Canada et l'Afghanistan - Radio-Canada Boss: "We cover the army because complete information must also be interested in this aspect of Canadian engagement. The presence of the journalists in Afghanistan and, more still, in the south, where are the Canadian troops, is essential."
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
More on AFG Cop Accusations that CAN Troops Left Them in Lurch
Dion Keen on Going to AFG
Opinion: "If there is cynicism around this complex mission, it can be found at the top, among politicians and their emissaries." - Dion's war policy is hare-brained - Ottawa must find out why Taliban is using CHN weapons - Afghanistan : nos délicieuses valeurs - Translation: "Our Delicious Values" - Ceci n'est pas une guerre... - Transl: This Isn't a War?!?!
Amnesty Int'l STILL Not Happy with CAN Tmt of Prisoners - More
Afghan 'gun culture' is fuelled by fear
Two Brits Killed North of Lashkar Gah
CICR renforce son soutien à l’hôpital Mirwais de Kandahar
NATO Promises to Press Harder on Drugs in AFG - UN Wants Even Harder Push
AFG Official: It's Those PMC's That Are Behind Kidnappings?!?
5 Sept 07
Two NATO Troops Killed in South
Hunting at Night - Opération risquée dans un village afghan - Coalition Forces Nailing Taliban - More
Christie Blatchford Smells Failure of Nerve - Permalink
Ottawa envoie 22 policiers de plus en Afghanistan
Injured Medic: "This is not a Liberal mission, it's not a Conservative mission, it's not even a Canadian mission. It is a UN-mandated, NATO-led mission ... and it is a just fight."
Bernard Derome traité aux petits oignons par l'armée canadienne - La guerre des mots
Technical Briefing on CAN Progress in AFG (.ppt) - Alternate Download Site - "Contribution du Canada à la mission internationale en Afghanistan" (.ppt) - Globe & Mail - Presse Canadienne - Canadian Press - Can West
More on Provost General Exonerated of Issues with AFG Prisoners
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
A-10 Friendly Fire, a Year Later
Opinion: Deaths Cause Media to Support War More??? - Ottawa fera le point régulièrement - Bienvenue au Confusghistan
Canadian Bases See "Mini Baby Booms" Before, After Deployments
The Wartime Sacrifice of the Arts Community in Edmonton
UK Says Taliban Getting CHN Weapons - More
Weapon Cache Nailed in Oruzgan
KOR Hostages Face Tough Questions @ Home - Meanwhile, Kidnap Ringleader Nailed - More
Opium Explosion in Helmand
UN Report: Returning AFG Refugees Face Tough Time - Report Page
4 Sept 07
Stats, New Info on How CAN Mission is Proceeding: Canadian Press - Can West News
CF Investigation: No Problems with CF MPs Transferring Prisoners to AFG Custody - L'enquête sur les allégations contre le Grand Prévôt des Forces canadiennes est terminée
CF Troops Chasing IED Makers
A-10 Friendly Fire, a Year Later - Legion Magazine Highlights OP Medusa (Part 1 of 3)
La mission en Afghanistan deviendra plus rude - CEFCOM Boss: It's Only Going to Get Tougher
NDP Calls for CAN to GTFO Right Now - Layton redemande le retrait des troupes canadiennes maintenant
AFG Asks NATO Troops to Clear Bad Guys Before Opium Crop Destroyed
Des pacifistes portent plainte contre la couverture de la SRC en Afghanistan - plus - English: Peaceniks Don't Like Radio Canada Coverage of AFG - Meanwhile, If the Media Can't SAY Someone Committed Suicide....
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
3 Sept 07
AFG Fight Leaves Gaps in CAN Command?
Opinion: How Can Embeds Be Objective when Reporting on their Guardians? - Original French - "Would the Quebec Block be afraid to make fall the government Stephen Harper by frankly representing the Quebec opinion?" - En français - Victory is ours ... soon ... maybe
L’Afghanistan, en quelques vidéos
Coalition Nails Taliban HQ near K'Har - More - more
DEU: GTFO AFG=Human Rights Defeat
AUS Prepares to Send Mortar Team to Oruzgan
Terrain Slows Construction in AFG
Jihad Within Jihad?
2 Sept 07
MAJ Ruckpaul Home - Retour de la dépouille du major Ruckpaul
CAN Def Min Wants Cdns to Understand Mission Better - Says CAN is Outta AFG By 2009? - Promesse de débat, mais confusion sur les intentions - Promises Debate, but Confusion on Intent? (translation)
De Saint-Jérôme à Kandahar - Tranche de vie d'un soldat en Afghanistan
AFG Cops Say 120 Taliban Near K'Har Now with Allah - USA Says Closer to 25 Killed - More - Taliban Claim NATO Chopper Shootdown; NATO Denies
CF CIMIC Op Covers Up While Meeting with AFGs
Opinion: All Eyes on K'Har - Lives Saved, Country Lost?
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
A Bit of CAN in AFG - Maple Leaf Inn
Taliban Promises to Kidnap More Foreigners - And In Case KOR Reneges.... - KOR Asks Hostages to Pay Up (Some) for Rescue - KOR Paid $20M Ransom?
More on Losing Ground to Taliban
Brit Cas Evac from Helmand, Photo by Photo - More
US Chair of Joint Chiefs Sees Progress
Former AFG Pres: Taliban's Gotta Be in the Show
One AFG Official Calls for Aerial Spraying of Poppies
2 Sept 07
CAN Fighting to Retake Ground for Forth Time - Taliban Adapt, AFG Forces Fall Behind in South? - One Year After OP Medusa - More on Losing Ground - NY Times Interactive Map Showing Rougher Parts of South AFG
CF IED Fighters Work in the Shadows - More
One Mom Remembers by Raising Funds to be Used on the Ground in AFG
Plus d'une vingtaine de Taliban tués dans le Sud - Kicking Ass, Taking Names
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
CAN Def Min: Gov't Needs to Explain Mission Better - «Ottawa doit mieux expliquer la mission en Afghanistan»
Another CAN Journalist Talks About Special Treatment for Some Reporters (.pdf)
The War, Via Pencil & Pad - Gallery of Sketches - Comments
Opinion: Talking to Taliban Not Out of Question?
Two Brits Reportedly Nominated for VC from AFG - More - more - LCPL Rueker's Story - CAPT Hicks' Story - And the Officer's Killer is Nabbed
1 Sept 07
Big Goodbye to Fallen - More - more - 'Bravo, papa, we love you' - Sa famille et ses frères d’armes lui rendent hommage - Un dernier hommage a été rendu
Injured CF Sapper Continuing to Do Better - Returned RCR Soldier Recounts a Bit of His Tale
"One Long Weekend": Hamilton Spectator Dissects Sept 2006 A-10 Fratricide
CAN Hires High-End Counsel to Defend AFG Prisoner Policy
One Reason CAN Aid Money Hard to Trace in AFG - Liberals Call for Investigation
Special Treatment for French Media? - la Français-langue TV obtient des avantages : journalistes
News search Afghanistan: français - English (both .pdf)
Taliban Ass Kicked in Helmand
NATO Countries to Wrestle with Troop Numbers - NATO Pressing NLD to Extend AFG Mission - Meanwhile, FRA Jets Headed to AFG
UN Says Taliban Should be Ashamed of Kidnapping Civvies
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