Canada in Afghanistan (July 31, 2006)
Afghanistan: More Canadians Sent to Afghanistan (Original Post)
NATO takes over military operations in southern Afghanistan
www.cbc.ca, July 31 ’06
NATO troops assumed command Monday of all military operations in southern Afghanistan, as Canadian soldiers came under attack near Kandahar…
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) already had troops elsewhere in Afghanistan, …
Leading up to the handover in the south, some 9,000 soldiers — including 2,200 Canadians — had been taking part in the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom.
Now part of ISAF, Canadian soldiers are not expected to experience much change in the field…
Attacks have been increasing in the area around Kandahar in recent weeks, B Company commander Major Nick Grimshaw told the Canadian Press.
“It’s become daily now,” Grimshaw said…
[Canadian] Soldiers off to Afghanistan (http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/07/30/1710141-sun.html)
ottsun.canoe.ca, July 30 ’06
Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor shook the hands of 113 soldiers yesterday as they departed on a half-year tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Within about a month, about 2,000 soldiers will have left for Kandahar on rotation deployments as part of Task Force Afghanistan.
…a total of 19 Canadians have been killed in Afghanistan,…