8 Sept 09
Jean-François Drouin, Yannick Pépin, R.I.P.: "Canadiens tués sont honorés lors d'une cérémonie en Afghanistan" - On Their Way Home - More - more - "Maj. Yannick Pepin, the highest ranking Canadian killed in combat in Afghanistan, had lamented the death of two soldiers under his command just five weeks ago." - More - ISAF Statement - Déclaration du ministre de la Défense nationale - Statement by the Minister of National Defence
CAN Officer Appointed to Investigate NATO Attack on Fuel Trucks in Kunduz - More - more - Officer's Biography
Next ROTO of CAN Tankers Preparing to Head Downrange
UN: Vote Counting by Election Monitors Expected to be Complete this Week - Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan news release page
"A military watchdog agency has subpoenaed senior federal officials and is seeking a court order to force the Conservative government to release withheld information concerning the controversial transfer of suspected Taliban fighters into Afghan custody."
Former CAN OMLT'eer on AP Photos of the Dying: "There will be no consequences in this case for Associated Press and other journalists, partly because, with the war trending down, soldiers need the journalists more than ever and have to put up with more of their liberties"
Agence France-Presse: USA Can Send Arms, Troops via RUS - More - AFG Taliban Rejects Call for Help from PAK Taliban - Weasel Zippers blog: "The 96-Hour NATO Rule That Is Limiting Success In Afghanistan"
Wired.com Danger Room blog: "Fighting for Real Estate in Helmand Province — Or Losing Focus?" - "Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team Helps Reconnect Afghan Government"
Bad Guys Nabbed in Kandahar - "At least one civilian was killed and more than 20 others injured in a bomb blast in southern Urozgan province" - More - "Unknown armed men shot dead a woman worked outside home in Kandahar province the birthplace of Taliban in south Afghanistan on Monday"
Talkin' to the Taliban: "Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai hopes to hold peace talks with the Taliban within 100 days if he is re-elected"
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Attacks Alleged in Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul
More on How Opium Funds the Taliban
7 Sept 09
Jean-François Drouin, Yannick Pépin, R.I.P.: CF News release - FC Communiqué - Presse Canadienne - Canadian Press - CBC.ca - Radio-Canada - CTV.ca - CanWest/Global - Bloomberg - Message de gouverneure générale - GG Statement - Déclaration du Premier ministre du Canada - PM Statement -
Taliban Claims Responsibility?
More on CAN Military Hospital Presence Shrinking in K'Har
US Serviceman Killed in South
Brit Special Forces Busy Nabbing IED Caches - RAF Officer Lobbies for "A Beer in Hand For Every Soldier Leaving AFG"
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): A Number of Attacks Alleged in Zabul
6 Sept 09
US, UK Giving Up Hope on European Countries Sending More Help to AFG?
More on AFG Authority Involvement in Drug Trade
AFG Troops, AUS Special Forces Strike Bomb Stuff Caches in Uruzgan
Latest Fallen Brit Identified - Royal Family Reportedly Pissed at Underequipping of UK Troops in AFG
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Attacks Alleged in Garsir, Shah Joy and Mizani Districts - Taliban's Latest Version of Stats
Opinion: Registan.net on Why Tribal Militias Don't Work (Hint: They Haven't in the Past) - More
5 Sept 09
Quebec Comedienne/Singer Now Supports Mission After Entertaining the Troops - "Annie Dufresne maintenant convaincue de la nécessité de la mission" - Anniedufresne.com
What the Folks in CAN HQ Are Doing
CAN Officer: "Some of the ordnance used by the Taliban against Canadian tanks "are definitely attributable to the Soviet occupation era" "
CAN Officer on COIN Centre Blog: "The time of the warlord has passed. If they could secure the country perhaps we should pull out and let them do it and stop sullying our name by associating with them. If they can’t secure Afghanistan they are the root cause of the insurgency." - Worthington: "Critics who deplore the warlords and endemic corruption miss the point. These have always existed in Afghanistan -- a country of varying tribes and clans, where warlords are like the feudal lords who once ruled Europe."
MILNEWS.ca blog: Not JUST CBC Happy to Show Off the Dead
Strategy Page: "While the foreign troops are busy chasing down the Taliban and drug gangs in Helmand, the civilians have learned that they have more to fear from the Taliban bombs, than they do from the foreign troops."
Bad Water in Part of Kandahar Province
UK PM Calls on NATO Allies to Help in the Fight - "We Cannot Walk Away"
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Attacks Alleged in K'Har, Helmand, Uruzgan and Zabul
UN Planning AFG Summit Next Spring
Opinion: "A Stable Pakistan Needs a Stable Afghanistan"
4 Sept 09
"U.S. probe of 2006 Afghan friendly fire critical of Canada"
CAN Transferring Control of K'Har Military Hospital - One Plastic Surgeon's Story
Facebook Photos of CAN Gunners in AFG
Former OMLT'eer Tells the REST of the Story about Southern Tribal Leaders Alleging Election Fraud
New CAN Ambassador Drops By K'Har Provincial Governor's Office
CAN Pissed at Latest Homicide Bombing Attack near Kabul - ISAF Commander Pissed
The Torch Shares Way to Help a School in AFG
CAN Embassy in USA to Hold Micro-Ex to Let American Leaders Know about Canada's Efforts
July K'Har Drug Raid Nabs Border Police Boss
Brit Maintainer Killed in Babaji Explosion - Identified - Second Bn Mercian Soldier Killed by Gunfire in Babaji - New and Improved Brit FOB - Captain's Journal blog on War on Foot in Helmand
Still Lots of American Anti-Tank Mines in Taliban Arsenel from When They Were Fighting the Soviets - Written Response Referred to in Article (.pdf) - US Looking into Possibility of Aid Funding Ending Up in Taliban Hands
Talkin' to the Taliban: Helmand Governor Quoted Saying “We have intensified our efforts for months so that we can bring over some groups of the insurgents to the government side.”
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Claims U.S. Forces Caused Car Bomb Massacre in Kandahar City - Profile of Taliban Boss in Uruzgan (Last Item)
RUS Ready to Offer Advice on AFG Strategy
3 Sept 09
"Les soldats canadiens n'ont jamais été assez nombreux dans Kandahar" - Google English: Never Enough CAN Soldiers in Panjwai - "Le Canada joue quitte ou double"
German Journalist on Kandahar Security Situation: "The Canadians have done a poor job in trying to maintain security. The local government is also partially to blame. There has been an influx of different governors coming and going .... And the Taliban have done a very good job with taking out the middle management (among the government officials.)"
CAN Drops Plans to Use Donkeys for Hauling - Milnet.ca Discussion on Some Donkey Use in AFG
More on Latest UN Drug Report: "Poppy cultivation increased in the Canadian military's theatre of action in Afghanistan while the rest of the country saw a decline in poppy crops" - More - more
More on Canada's Man in the Election Fracas - "Election results are headed into weeks of limbo as a government commission investigates more than 600 complaints of ballot stuffing, intimidation and other allegations."
The Torch blog: "Canadians love to talk the talk about being a, er, force in the world and still (delusionally) believe we are. But we will not walk the walk, nor pay the price."
MILNEWS.ca blog: Kajaki Dam Proof that Development, Aid Can't Happen Without Security - Boots on the Ground blog: "There is a time to build, and there is a time to fight. It may be that unless we want to fund a self-perpetuating war in Afghanistan, we may need to focus more on taking out the trash before we spend a whole lot sprucing up the place."
"For the Marines of Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hunting the Taliban takes patience and flexibility."
K'Har Bad Boy Nabbed - Taliban Looking for 5.45mm Rifles to Help Penetrate Body Armour? - How Crime Helps Pay the Taliban's Bills - Protection Racketeering Helps, Too
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Attacks Alleged in K'Har, Helmand and Zabul - Taliban Targets Mosque to Kill Int Boss
2 Sept 09
R22eR BG Commander: "We are about to break the Canadian status quo of 3 1/2 years .... It has been extremely interesting since April and will be until next April."
"Le lieutenant Alexandre Hottin vit depuis un mois chez les talibans."
Opinion: "Canadians have paid dearly in both lives and treasure over the past eight years .... If this sacrifice is not to be wasted, the next Afghan government .... must be held to a much higher standard of competence and integrity. ISAF forces cannot continue to provide support for a government that is flagrant in its disdain for its own people."
Mountie Complains of Low Key Racism at Work in KPRT - Suing the Force
CAN COIN Centre Exchange Officer Asks "Is there a hybrid solution, local security forces with leadership trained, paid and loyal to the centre, like the British system in ancient Scotland, Wales and Ireland?" - MILNEWS.ca Blog: It'll Take QUITE a While
MILNEWS.ca Blog: Some Ideas For Sharing Good News with Canadians
Southern Tribal Leaders Call for Karzai to Go - More - Authorities Ready for Run-off Election if Needed - More Evidence of Taliban Maiming of Potential Voters in Daikundi
"NATO soldiers ordered to drive nice on Afghan streets, win trust of people"
Taliban Mines in Helmand Maiming, Killing Civilians - IED's Killing Clumsy Taliban in K'Har - Washington Post: "The Taliban has become a much more potent adversary in Afghanistan by improving its own tactics and finding gaps in the U.S. military playbook"
Latest Brit Fallen Identified - Close Call for AUS Chinook in Kandahar - DNK PM Drops By - Report: LOADS of Private Security Contractors Working for US in AFG
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): August 2009 Stats of Taliban Claims of Canadian Casualties - Taliban Web Page Now Claims Taliban, Not NATO, Destroyed Latest Downed Chinook - Big (Alleged) Punch-up in Musa Qala - More Killings Alleged in K'Har, Helmand and Uruzgan
NATO Military Work = Drop in Drug Production - More - more - Still, Evidence Bad Guys Forming Cartel, Stockpiling Drugs - More Details from UNODC
Registan.net: "It seems like no one either in the Obama Administration or the military is articulating why a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan (and not, say, Pakistan) is the most promising method of ensuring al Qaeda never again imposes a strategic threat against us."
UN Uber-Envoy: "Enough is Enough with the Piecemeal Approach" - Also Calls for Three-Week Peace Campaign
1 Sept 09
CAN "Stabilization Company" for Kandahar PRT
"Une escouade anti-drogue sans Canadiens" - Plus - MILNEWS.ca Blog: CAN SF Are Busy Enough Doing Other Good Work
"The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, said Monday that conditions on the ground were “serious” but that the war here is still winnable, part of a long-awaited assessment of the American-led war." - More - more - Registan.net: "There needs to be some fundamentally new thinking in Afghanistan"
The New Yorker with "Road Rage: Marauding Taliban and drug-dealing warlords on the road to Kandahar"
"Tactical Conflict Assessment Planning and Framework" Helping U.S. Marines Deal with Conflict in Helmand
Blogger Shows Election Day Work in Sangin
Two Black Watch Soldiers Killed in Explosion During Foot Patrol - ISAF Statement - Two More ISAF Troops Killed in Southern Firefight - NLD Civvy Boss in Oruzgan Blogs & Settles Into His Job
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Claims Responsibility for Latest Brit Chinook Incident (.pdf) - Attacks Alleged in Panjwai, Arghandab, Marja, Tarin Kowt and Qalat - The Torch Spots Globe & Mail Letter Comparing Quoting Taliban to Quoting Goebbels
U.S. Special Envoy Says Taliban Hurting Bad in S. AFG - Opinion: Not Looking Good for the Talban (But You Don't Hear THEM Complaining)
31 Aug 09
CAN Not Part of AFG Drug-Lord Hunting Teams - More - U.S. Senate Report Mentioned in Story (.pdf) - Alternate Site for Report
"Les soldats à pied de plus en plus visés"
MILNEWS.ca Blog: Insensitive Blog Post on Recent CAN Injury
"Canadians instructing Afghans on how to fight and prepare for war are following an honourable tradition, says Canada's top Operational Mentor and Liaison Team adviser to local forces in Kandahar."
New Rules of the Road for ISAF Drivers
Another Brit Chinook Destroyed to Keep It Out of Enemy Hands - More - more - more - more - .pdf of initial release material - UK Sending More IED, Trainers to AFG (But Not Increasing Total Numbers in Country)
"An Australian Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle has been struck by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to the north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, resulting in damage to the vehicle." - "The Governor of Oruzgan province, Assadullah Hamdam has thanked Australian Army engineers for their efforts in refurbishing the Tarin Kowt Boy’s School."
K'Har City Hospital Busy After Latest Blast
Taliban Propaganda Watch (links to non-terrorist web page): Taliban Allege Brit Kill During Brit PM Visit - Still Some Trouble with Translations
Opinion: "After eight years of international military intervention, the Afghan people are now free to vote for the warlord of their choice, and then equally free to ignore the election result if they don’t like the outcome."
"General Stanley McChrystal, the Commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan forwarded his strategic assessment today to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, and the Commander, Joint Force Command Brunssum, General Egon Ramms, who will comment and forward through their respective chains of command to the U.S. Secretary of Defense and NATO Secretary General." - Analyst: More Troops, Resources Needed, Not Just "broad set of strategic concepts"
Kilcullen: "A government that is losing to a counter-insurgency isn't being outfought, it is being out-governed. And that's what's happening in Afghanistan."
"Brig. Gen. Phillip E. McGhee, director of Resource Management for U.S. Army Forces, U.S. Central Command, said by the beginning of the fiscal year, Oct. 1, the Army will go cashless in (Afghanistan) when writing up contracts with local vendors."
"Bombings targeted a Pakistani police station and set a NATO fuel convoy ablaze Sunday, killing 16 cadets in the northwest's Swat Valley and threatening the supply line to international forces in Afghanistan in a separate attack near the border."
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