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• Forces in Afghanistan Detain Taliban Commanders

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  KABUL, Dec. 16, 2009 – Combined Afghan and international forces detained four Taliban commanders and other suspected militants in three operations in two Afghanistan provinces today, military officials reported. In Wardak province, a combined force searched a compound near the village of Bhardokheyl where ...
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• The Battle for Kandahar and Helmand

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 535
  Our friend Michael Yon has penned a must read at the Small Wars Journal entitled Arghandab and the Battle for Kandahar .  Myra MacDonald of Reuters picks up on Michael’s assessment and makes a salient point . … let’s assume for the purposes of argument that Pakistan does not drop its resistance to tackling ...
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• War?

  
  Wolf Howling — Authority: 585
  We are a nation at war in Afghanistan. Yet how much do you know about the war. It seems a war forgotten by a media far more concerned with Tiger Woods sex life than with what is happening in Kandahar. Fortunately, there is that priceless resource, Michael Yon, who provides a superb overview at the Small Wars ...
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• Afghanistan and Pakistan: on the battle for Kandahar

  
  Pakistan: Now or Never? — Authority: 482
  In the vast swirl of debate about Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is worth taking the time to read this piece in the Small Wars Journal  by Michael Yon about the looming battle for Kandahar and the central importance of the Arghandab River Valley ( pdf document ). Just as “a tiger doesn’t need to completely ...
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• KAF military police nail speeders, alcohol smugglers on growing Afghan base

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 166
  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Whoever killed U.S. Army Specialist Demetrius Void will likely never be known. The 20-year-old was walking late one September night along a poorly lit road on the sprawling Kandahar Airfield military base in southern Afghanistan wh
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• Canada kept feared Afghan governor in power despite rep as ‘human-rights abuser’

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 131
  By Murray BrewsterOTTAWA — A former governor of Kandahar who is accused of personally torturing Afghans might have been removed from office as far back as 2006 if Canadian officials hadn’t defended him, according to ... Related Posts B The record and the falsehoods – The government’s insistence it knew ...
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• RQ-170 Sentinel A Morph Wing Aircraft?

  
  Gravity Loss — Authority: 120
  Just a theory of the recently photographed “Beast of Kandahar”. I was browsing the NTRS (for another project), when I ran into this: Lockheed Martin Two Hinge Morphing Wing wind tunnel test configuration at the Langley transonic tunnel, published in 2007 A hinge, actuators or a locking mechanism could ...
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• Tribute to competence

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  That U.S. troops in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan are under the overall command of a Canadian general is a tribute to the professionalism and competence of Canadas army. Americans are traditionally wary of anyone but Americans commanding their troops. But in the present Afghan "surge," troops of the 82nd Airborne ...
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• UK bishop says Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Dec.14 (ANI): The new Church of England bishop for the British armed forces has said the Taliban can be admired for their faith and sense of loyalty to one another. The Right Reverend Stephen Venner called for a more sympathetic approach to the Islamic fundamentalists and warned that it would be harder to [...]
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• Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty, says bishop

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  The Rt Rev Stephen Venner called for a more sympathetic approach to the Islamic fundamentalists that recognises their humanity. The Church of England’s Bishop to the Forces warned that it will be harder to reach a peaceful solution to the war if the Afghan insurgents are portrayed too negatively. His comments came as ...
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• Gunmen kill eight Afghan policemen: governor (AFP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 466
  AFP – Islamist gunmen stormed an Afghan police post set up to protect NATO convoys in northern Baghlan province overnight, killing eight… View post: (AFP)"> (AFP)">Gunmen kill eight Afghan policemen: governor (AFP)
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• Canada kept Afghan governor in power despite abuser rep

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 166
  OTTAWA — A former governor of Kandahar who is accused of personally torturing Afghans might have been removed from office as far back as 2006 if Canadian officials hadnt defended him, according to diplomatic memos that have never been made public by the
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• Pullout from Afghanistan to cost hundreds of millions of dollars

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 166
  KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — When Canadian Forces quit Afghanistan in July 2011, at least $2 billion of gear must be brought home, and hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure at Kandahar Airfield and at forward operating bases must be torn d
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• Canadian troops to leave bases to live with Afghans

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 166
  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard says operating bases that have been home to Canadian infantry in Kandahar province will become increasingly empty
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• Wing and a prayer (Afghan Air Force)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  Faced with numerous obstacles, U.S. trainers try to get Afghan air force off KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Rocket-propelled grenades began whizzing by the rickety, Soviet-era M-17 chopper. Flying 50 feet above a canyon floor in Kandahar province, the Afghan pilot suddenly began to climb, lurching dangerously ...
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• Brown in Afghanistan vows new push to defeat Taliban

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFP) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday. Brown made the visit two weeks after ordering the deployment of 500 extra British troops to Afghanistan ...
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• Brown in Afghanistan vows new push to defeat Taliban (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan as he made an unannounced visit to troops in the field Sunday.
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• Brown visits troops in Afghanistan

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 163
  UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been visiting British troops and meeting the Afghan president in Kandahar. View original here: Brown visits troops in Afghanistan
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• Arghandab and the Battle for Kandahar

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 745
  13 December 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan People are confused about the war.  The situation is difficult to resolve even for those who are here.  For most of us, the conflict remains out of focus, lacking reference of almost any sort.  Vertigo leaves us seeking orientation from places like Vietnam—where most ...
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• US Air Force confirms Beast of Kandahar drone - Yahoo! News

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 502
  The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the "Beast of Kandahar," a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy. The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed "to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to ...
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