6 Aug 09
"As the Canadian Forces and the Taliban both opt to do less face-to-face fighting, Canada's role is shifting towards a joint civil-military effort aimed at winning the hearts and minds of Afghans through the digging of wells, building of bridges and allocation of micro-grants."
Latest Reports of Alleged Civvy Casualties in K'Har: Villagers' Story - ISAF's Story
NATO SecGen Drops By AFG, Says NATO'll Finish the Job - More
Map Obtained by Reuters Shows Hot Spots - MILNEWS.ca Blog: Reuters Takes "Glass Half Emtpy" Approach (Needs Help with Rounding Figures, Too)
Latest UK Fallen Identified
Talkin' to the Taliban: UK Ambassador to AFG Quoted Saying "As many as two-thirds" of the Taliban Could Be Persuaded to Switch Sides
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Claim Responsibility for Latest Two Canadian Casualties - More on Taliban Threatening to Disrupt Elections - More
Small Wars Journal paper: "The Interrelationship of Culture, Economics, and Security in Afghanistan"
5 Aug 09
Matthieu Allard & Christian Bobbitt, R.I.P.: "Corps des soldats Allard et Bobbitt de retour au pays" - Plus - Tbey're Home - More
CAN, Other Forces Review Pre-Election Security Measures
RC-South Commander: Trust in ISAF Forces is Building (But It's Been Hard Work Getting to This Point)
New ISAF Command System: Four Star is in Charge of War in AFG, Three-Star In Charge of Day-to-Day Ops - More
AFG Troops Kill Bad Guys in Helmand - ISAF Medics Share Care in Zabul - Safe Areas Reportedly Growing in Uruzgan
Alleged Civvy Casualties in Arghandab Air Strike - NATO: No Civvies Hit
UK Maintainer Killed in IED Blast Near Babaji - More - AUS Troops Injured Mentoring AFG Troops in Uruzgan - AUS Chinook Takes Small Arms Fire in South - UK DefMin Drops By - Bulgarians Help Guard K'Har Airfield
Brit Vehicles Stalled in Dubai Due to RAF Plane Shortage - More
PAK Preparing for Taliban Streaming Out of Southern AFG
4 Aug 09
Matthieu Allard & Christian Bobbitt, R.I.P.: Second Fallen Sapper Identified - "L’identité du deuxième militaire canadien tué en Afghanistan est révélée" - "Rapatriement des dépouilles mortelles de nos soldats" - Coming Home Tomorrow - Presse Canadienne - Globe & Mail - Canadian Press - CanWest - CBC.ca - "We must not only grieve: We must remember their fellow engineers who, at this very moment, are on the roads of Kandahar, walking slowly toward armed monsters, quietly calculating how they can render the IEDs harmless to fellow soldiers and the little Afghan girl watching from the side of the road."
2 i/c of CAN Counter-IED Unit (.pdf version of article): "We've been getting better equipment, our vehicles are better-equipped to resist some of the blasts. And that impacted their response: They had to put more explosives in in order to achieve the same results, so that makes it harder for them to hide them."
"A suicide bomber attacked a vehicle of a district intelligence official in the southern Zabul province, killing 4 and wounding 17" - "Afghan-International Security Forces Disarm Taliban in Helmand"
MILNEWS.ca Blog: UN Report on Civilian Casualties Includes Information on Taliban Tactics, Targeting - Taliban Trying to Make "Invisible" IEDs in Helmand
UK Media: Choppers Destined for AFG Not Safe - MoD: We're Getting Them Ready - 50+ Amputees in UK From Svc in AFG - NLD's Civilian Rep Heads to Uruzgan
Kabul Blogger Teaches Blogging in Helmand
More on the Taliban's Latest Set o' Rules - More
Talkin' to the Taliban: UN Uber-Envoy: "When the new Government has been formed, a political process should be opened with all parts of the population as soon as possible and that would have to include insurgents."
Latest Taliban Warning: "People with camera cellphones must not have pictures of unrelated women and handsome boys in their phones, which is against Islamic sharia"
New NATO SecGen Calls for More "International" Effort in AFG - More - UK Calls for Same - ISAF Commander's "Special Advisors" on the AFG Strategy
3 Aug 09
Deux soldats canadiens tués et un blessé par un engin explosif: Soldats morts sont rapatriés - FC dit "Deux soldats canadiens ont été tués et un blessé lorsqu’un engin explosif improvisé a explosé près d’une patrouille dans le district de Zhari." - CF Statement - Message de gouverneure générale - Message from GG - Déclaration du Premier ministre - PM Statement - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - DefMin Statement - ISAF Statement - Presse Canadienne - Canadian Press - Le Soleil - Radio-Canada - CBC.ca - CanWest - More - Globe & Mail - More - more - CTV.ca - Toronto Star - More - Xinhua
CAN Helping Fix Up K'Har Prison
MILNEWS.ca Blog on UN Report on Civilian Casualties: Headlines You Won't See
New NATO Sec-Gen: “I’m not in favor of setting timelines .... Let no Taliban propagandist try to sell my message as a run for the exits. It is not. We will support the Afghan people for as long as it takes.” - Doesn't Want AFG To Become Terror Hub - OTAN secrétaire général: "Nous resterons (en Afghanistan) tant que cela sera nécessaire"
Registan.net on How Foot Patrolling Out of Platoon-sized FOB is Working in Zabul - More
Talkin' to the Taliban: UN AFG Boss Says Any Talks with Taliban Have to Include Leadership - More - more - more - FRA Foreign Minister Supports Talking to Taliban
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Claims Responsibility for Canadian Deaths, Claim Lots of Casualties in Helmand, Zabul
"The propaganda fight is intense because whoever wins it will gain the support of the people and stands a chance of winning the war on the ground too."
"Tensions grow in Afghanistan as villagers get rid of opium, fall into poverty"
2 Aug 09
Two Canadian Military Engineers Killed by Two IED Blasts in Zhari
CAN Commander in AFG Quoted Saying, "There’s no way that Afghan forces will be able to assume responsibility for security in Kandahar in 2011." - "L'armée afghane ne pourra pas assurer la sécurité à Kandahar en 2011, estime un général canadien"
Two Bad Guys Nabbed in Compound Search in Senjaray, Zharmi District - Four Bad Guys Nailed in Nimroz
Three ISAF Troops Killed in South - Identified as US Troops - More - Two More Fallen
Concerns About NZ Troops Handing Detainees Over to USA - More - more - more
Talkin' to the Taliban: Tough Talking to the Taliban While They're Trying to Disrupt Elections
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Summary of July 2009 Taliban Statements Claiming Responsibility for Canadian Casualties
Opinion: "Many Canadians may be anxious for a military pullout in the stated time. But the success of the mission also depends on the government explaining to Canadians what our long-term goals are in a country where we have planted our footprint."
AFG Academic: "The West, when it toppled the Taliban, mistook the Taliban defeat for its elimination. It was a big mistake."
UN Uber-Envoy: "This year is a critical year for Afghanistan. While this has been said before and the security situation looks dire, the present circumstances also provide ample opportunities. The picture is more mixed than ever. If we build upon recent progress and manage the situation well, this year could indeed become a turning point for Afghanistan."
Long War Journal on IRN Helping the Taliban
1 Aug 09
Former CAN OMLT Member: Recent Quote from ISAF Boss by Blogger Seen as Dig at CAN Mil Int in AFG - Looking at ANA Down the Road - More
AFG Hands Over Land to CAN Embassy in Kabul
Counting the Dead: Harder Than You Think for Compensation or for Stats (1.1 MB .pdf version of both articles) - MILNEWS.ca Blog: Why So Long To Say This Out Loud?
US Report: Taliban Responsible for About 97 out of 100 2004-2008 Attacks - Federation of American Scientists Shares "Afghanistan — Geospatial Analysis Reveals Patterns in Terrorist Incidents 2004-2008” - More - "US pledge to reduce Afghan deaths"
More on UN Report on More Civvy Cas in First 1/2 of 2009 - "Mid-Year Bulletin on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Afghanistan" (.pdf) - More
"School Foundation Stone Laid Down in Helmand"
"US, NATO forces fade into background for Afghan election to avoid perception of influence" - "Over 9,000 British and an additional 10,000 American troops have been sent into Afghanistan's Helmand Province to rout the Taliban and establish security ahead of next month's national elections. " - "Tens of thousands more U.S. soldiers may soon be needed in Afghanistan to quell the raging Taliban insurgency, top American generals are preparing to tell President Barack Obama."
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Another Rocket Attack Claimed on K'Har Airport
PAK: We Have No Evidence Osama's Here
31 July 09
Ronald Kevin Megeney, 1982-2007, R.I.P.: Colleague Found Guilty of "criminal negligence causing death and negligent performance of a military duty" - More - more - more - more
Military Historian Jack Granatstein: "Canadians likely could have been convinced to keep more than 2,000 troops in Afghanistan, if Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other federal politicians had done more to tell the public about the goals of the mission." - Opinion: "(Canadian) leaders were willing to put a few hundred troops in harm's way but never wanted to risk their own political careers by trying to convince Canadians the war only could be won with an all-out effort."
Embed's View of Drive from K'Har Airport to City
AFG Big Item on Incoming NATO Sec Gen's Plate Starting Today
How Number-Crunching Analysts are Helping Predict IEDs, Bad Guy Activity - UAV's to Help Out More in the Fight?
UN: More Civvy Cas, Mostly from Bad Guy Activity - ISAF Airstrike in Zabul May Have Hit Civilians - Three Bad Guys Nabbed in K'Har Compound Search
ISAF Soldier Killed in South - Bad Month for Brit Cas - Bringing In More Medics to Help
More on Taliban Promising to Disrupt Election - More - more - Taliban Statement (Arabic) - Arabic statement at non-terrorist web page - GoogleEnglish translation - Registan.net on Why This May Be Good News
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Missile Strike Alleged Against K'Har Airfield
More NATO Reaction to "Tailban Rule Book": “The insurgents use children as suicide bombers. Despite their so-called ‘code of conduct,’ the insurgents have no respect for human life. They buy and sell children as young as 11 to act as suicide bombers and use them against the local population.”
30 July 09
RC-South Commander: "It is important that the Afghans know that we are here to stay"
CAN Soldier Sees Progress Over Two Tours
CAN, USA War Wounded to Paddle Together Along West Coast
More on Think Tank Report (.pdf) Calling for More USA Troops
Afghans Still Not Happy with Their Cops - More
US Marines Hard at Work in Helmand - More
NATO, AFG Officials: "A new Taliban code of military conduct that tells fighters to limit suicide attacks and avoid killing civilians is a sham that doesn't reflect the true nature of the insurgents"
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Claims to Shoot Down Helicopter in Shah Wali Kot (.pdf version at non-terrorist site here) - ISAF: Taliban Damages Medical Evac Helicopter in South - MILNEWS.ca Blog: BAAAAAAAAAAD Taliban! - Taliban Calls for Election Boycott - More
Opinion: "Let's not forget Jean Chrétien sent ground troops, unprotected by helicopters"
29 July 09
CAN Reportedly Taking Kandahar City, Environs While USA Covers Rest of K'Har Province - More - CAN Def Min Says USA Troops'll Make Big Difference in the Fight - Violence Expected to Wind Down Post Election
Big Push in Helmand: The Big Map (from BBC) - Excerpts from CO's Diaries During Brit Push
IED Kills Two AFG Civilians in Zhari - Eight AFG Security Contractors Killed in IED Blast near Gereshk - "An Afghan civilian has been killed, and five others wounded, following an incident involving International Security Assistance Force troops and insurgents ....in southern Afghanistan."
Latest UK Fallen Identified
UN Uber-Envoy Calls on Taliban Not to Disrupt Election
USA Envoy: "More money is coming from the Gulf than is coming from the drug trade to the Taliban" - Jihadi Post Canvasses for Mo' Money for the Taliban (.pdf) - Blogger: Plea = Time to Jump Down Hard on Opium Trade
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): 12 ISAF, 11 AFG Troops Allegedly Killed in Helmand - Unknown Poster to Jihadi Forum Claims to Witness Four Aircraft Downed in Helmand
Opinion: World Socialists say UK "intends to deepen its collaboration with the United States in Afghanistan"
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