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The article discusses Canadian military action in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The alleged inability of Canadian military forces and the Afghan National Auxiliary Police to adequately secure Afghanis' safety from the Taliban militia is criticized, the Canadian role in establishing the provincial reconstruction team is described, and alleged conflict between U.S. and Canadian armed forces regarding military engagement in Afghanistan is examined.

This article reports on Canadian troops in Afghanistan in 2011. The article discusses Canada's armed forces in Afghanistan and the final combat battle group's preparations for the pullout in 2011. Information is provided on the Taliban terrorist group, patrols' interactions with Afghan citizens and soldiers, and conditions in the Kandahar Province.

The article explains the need for Canadian tank involvement in Kandahar City, Afghanistan in 2011. The city is known for its strategic and historic importance to the campaign of the Taliban in the southern part of the country. The Taliban opted to blend in with the local population and use a series of caches after the failure of their defense-in-depth against the Canadians in Pashmul. One of the disadvantages of using tanks in Kandahar City is increased collateral damage.

An essay is presented regarding the author's experience in going to Afghanistan with other journalists. The author mentions the fear and distrust brought by the environment of Afghanistan due to the presence of Taliban. She states that the last part of their trip involve traveling in a desert from Kandahar to Herat. She talks on event in which she felt fear when the translator announced a roadblock and on the things she learned from the experience such as not to rush understanding.

The article relates the author's experience with Sarah Chayes, a former war correspondent for National Public Radio in the U.S. who prefers to stay in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Chayes covered the war in the Balkans and has lived and worked in Afghanistan for the last five years. According to the author, Chayes describes Taliban as a militia that is being organized and supported across the border in Pakistan by the Pakistani government and intelligence services.

This article is a report on the activities of the Taliban in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan and on the Canadian military mission to defeat them. The Taliban's control of the Kandahar region is extensive and their strict Islam is welcomed in many quarters. The author examines the difficulty of the task facing the Canadian troops, noting that the Pashtun tribes of Kandahar have never been defeated by outsiders. Taliban soldiers interviewed insist that Canadian forces will not achieve victory.

The article focuses on efforts by the U.S. Army and Afghan police and soldiers to oust the Taliban from the Zhari district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province. It comments on a party thrown by the citizens of the town of Senjaray welcoming back their police chief Karim Jaan, who had served as governor of the Zhari district. It mentions the battles between a U.S. rifle company led by Captain Jeremiah Ellis and the Taliban over the Pir Mohammed school, with the Taliban swearing they would prevent the school from reopening. It states that in September 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization coalition forces initiated operation Dragon Strike to retake Kandahar from the Taliban and have been clearing out landmines and destroying improvised explosive device caches.

Presents the experiences of a journalist who was with members of the Northern Alliance during the bombardment of Afghanistan by the United States. Description of the impact of a Tomahawk cruise missile; Bombardment of Taliban positions in the hills by the Northern Alliance; Comparison of the U.S. attack to an alien invasion, such as that in 'War of the Worlds,' by H.G. Wells.

The article reports on the information operations campaign created by U.S. Task Force Legion commander Lieutenant Colonel Jeff French according to the counterinsurgency doctrine of the Army in order to combat the strategies of Taliban in Maywand district in Kandahar, Afghanistan. French explained that the counterinsurgency doctrine deals with the process of isolating the insurgents from the public. Also noted is the effort of insurgents to promote their propaganda against the U.S. troops through their allies in mosques.

The article discusses the author's experience when she went on an assignment with her Senior Producer Jim Wildman and their interpreter, Qahir into a Taliban stronghold in Pashmul, just outside of Kandahar City, Afghanistan in the fall of 2006. Their interpreter and his friend, Qassim recounts their experience under Taliban rule.

The article reports on Canadian troop activity along Highway 1 just west of Kandahar city and the warning of outgoing battalion commander in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hope, to the Taliban forces in Pashmul to expect an attack. Pashmul is a key town 40 kilometers west of Kandahar city and the command center for the Taliban in southern Kandahar. It has held firm despite continuous fighting. According to Hope, it has become the base for the next phase of the Taliban's insurgency.

The author opines on the future of Kandahar province, Afghanistan and the U.S. military offensive planned to seize its control from the Taliban. U.S. forces commander Captain Jeremiah Ellis is noted for his assignment of troops to the rebuilding of a school in Kandahar's town of Senjaray. That story is told to document uncertainty about the ability of Afghan leadership to maintain such infrastructure during or after the forced exodus of the Taliban.

This article reports on the June, 2008 Kandahar prison escape in Afghanistan. After inmates, who were allowed to have cellular phones if their families paid for them, told Taliban leaders that the prison conditions were unbearable, a prison break was orchestrated by the Taliban leaders. A suicide bomber and many armed Taliban soldiers broke into the prison, then freed and provided transportation for the prisoners.

Provides a first-hand account of CNN reporter Nic Robertson's experience in Kandahar, Afghanistan after the Taliban surrendered it. Damages done to the city's infrastructure because of bombings; Division of the city into two parts, one part run by Mullah Naqib Ullah and the other by Ghul Agha Sherzai; Crime and looting in the city.

Reports on the role of the Taliban, an extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, during the hijacking and hostage situation aboard an Indian Airlines plane in winter 1999. How the hijackers acquired weapons after landing in Afghanistan; How the Taliban allowed the hijackers to escape; Questions over whether the Taliban is part of anti-Indian sentiment.

The article discusses a video, filmed through night vision goggles, released by the Taliban in February 2018 showing their assault on Afghanistan security forces outpost in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It presents the views of retired U.S. Army Colonel Steven Bucci on the proliferation of night vision capability on the battlefield. It mentions the views of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Navy Captain Tom Gresback on the use of night vision goggles by the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command.

The article reports on the Canada's struggle to remove the Taliban from power of Afghanistan in accordance with the September 11, 2001 terrorists' attack in the World Trade Center in New York City. It states that the initial response of Canada is to send six ships of naval task force to the Persian Gulf in October 2001. Furthermore, Canada voluntarily set up its Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Kandahar, Afghanistan wherein it happened to increase the Canadian casualties.

In this article, the author expresses his opinion of the foreign policy of the U.S. toward Afghanistan, particularly toward the Taliban movement. He shares a personal experience of going to the Taliban's center in Kandahar with a colleague from the "New York Times." He references a collection of essays titled "Decoding the New Taliban." Also tackled by the author is the shift in Afghanistan's public relations since 2007 and the refusal of the U.S. government to consider negotiations.

The article focuses on the Afghan War and politics and government in Afghanistan. The strategy announced by U.S. President Barack Obama, which includes an increase in U.S. troops and a focus on counterinsurgency, is evaluated. The political success of the Taliban insurgents in Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, is discussed.

The article discusses the struggle by girls in Afghanistan to continue going to school despite efforts by the radical Islamic group Taliban to prevent them for doing so. More than 80% of women in the country are illiterate and their life expectancy is only 43 years. President Hamid Karzai built new schools after winning the election in 2004. It is said that the establishment of the Mirwais School for Girls by the Japanese government appears to have launched a sort of social revolution in Kandahar.

In this article the author discusses the Blessed Cloak of the Prophet Muhammad, a highly venerated relic of Islam, and its guardian Masood Akhundzada, the keeper of the shrine that houses the cloak in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A number of subjects are addressed including the cloak's miraculous powers of healing, the exploitation of relic by Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, and Akhundzada's support for the government of president Hamid Karzai.

The article reports on the departure of the 46th and 59th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS) from Kandahar in Afghanistan. It states that the 46th ERQS has been inactivated as Afghan security forces are playing a greater role in fighting the terrorist organization Taliban. It further states that a rescue squadron is comprised of an aircraft, a combat rescue officers, and pararescuemen.

The article presents the accounts from a Taliban on how a single foot soldier masterminded the jailbreak of hundreds of prisoners, including members of the Taliban, from Sarposa Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The article offers information on Great Britain Royal Air Force's (RAF) Tornados launching attacks against Taliban bombers. It is mentioned that the Tornado GR4 crew from 12 (Bomber) Squadron released a Brimstone missile attack on an insurgent who was attempting to lay several improvised explosive devices (IED)in the ground in Kandahar. It is mentioned that the attack initiated by an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Forward Air Controller

The article reports on the deaths of seven U.S. soldiers when a powerful bomb exploded in a field in the Shorabak district of the Afghan province of Kandahar on May 26, 2011. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the blast. Other casualties include North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) service members and two Afghan policemen.

This article looks at the potential implications of a series of Taliban bombings in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for the war strategy of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. It observes that the attacks focused on government officials and soldiers of the U.S. and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It discusses the effect of the attacks on the plan of the Obama administration to withdraw troops in July 2011.

The author examines whether a major military operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan is a cover for the peace talks involving the Taliban and U.S. or an effort by the American military to derail negotiations. Highlights of the "Asia Times" (AT) report on the progress of the peace talks are discussed. The author notes some issues in the negotiations, such as the release of 60 Afghans imprisoned in the Guantanamo and the withdrawal of al-Qaeda operations from Afghanistan.

The article discusses U.S. efforts to both battle the Taliban insurgency and rebuild the nation of Afghanistan. The U.S.' counter-insurgency and nation-building strategy didn't start in earnest until 2009 when U.S. General Stanley McChrystal took over the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. A key aspect of stabilizing Afghanistan depends on the ability of the Afghan security forces to maintain control over the province of Kandahar, Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold.

The article offers information on the importance for the allied forces in Afghanistan to secure the city of Kandahar in the campaign against the Taliban group. It notes that the city stands as a target for coalition forces as the insurgents have gained influence in the area. According to U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, more soldiers need to be added to the existing 30,000 troops patrolling in and around the city. It is said that a ring of stability is being created by Task Force Kandahar around the city to prevent the entry of insurgents.

EVEN BEFORE THE men with acid came, the Mirwais Mena School for Girls was surrounded by enemies. It stood on the outskirts of Kandahar, barely 20 miles from the hometown of Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban's founder. Just down the road from the school, in an area known as Old Town, residents had built a shrine to Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban commander with the fiercest reputation, who made his name by massacring members of the Hazara minority. He was killed in an American-led operation in 2007. Also nearby sat the Sarposa Prison, where, in June 2008, Taliban fighters and suicide bombers attacked, freeing more than a thousand criminals and comrades. The area around the Mirwais Mena School is the Taliban heartland. Teaching girls to read was not something that would escape their notice. Across the country, the Taliban have made the destruction of schools, particularly schools for girls, a hallmark of their war. The Mirwais Mena School -- L-shaped, cement, two stories, with canvas tents donated by the United Nations -- was built in 2004 with a grant from the Japanese government. A plaque out front gives the date; it hangs on the 10-foot-high cement wall built to shield the students. Kandahar's Mirwais Mena neighborhood sits just off the national highway. A rutted mud path called Panjwai Road cuts through the center of the neighborhood and up an outcropping of bare rock that rises 500 feet. A single electrical wire runs into Mirwais Mena from a pole along the highway; no one can remember the last time it carried any current. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the Afghan War. The prison break created by insurgent Taliban forces in the city of Kandahar on June 13, 2008 was a major public relations success for the movement. The Taliban has altered its tactics to avoid pitched combat with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces, employing the roadside bombs which have been a major weapon in the Iraq War. NATO casualties have increased.

The article reports that the U.S. coalition forces in Afghanistan have intercepted Iranian-made munitions for the Taliban militants. The munitions which include mortars and C-4 type explosives were found in Kandahar province according to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Marine General Peter Pace. Markings on the C-4 explosives enabled officials to determine the source according to Pace. Army Major General William Caldwell claimed that Iranian-made arms are also being supplied to Sunni extremists.

The article reports on the difficulty of policing southern Afghanistan. The threat of the Taliban, local warlords, and the drug trade are all parts of the problem. Creation of an auxiliary police force, comprised of locally trained officers, is underway. Comments from the regular police of Kandahar province are included. Possible plans for a mobile reserve force of auxiliary police are mentioned.

The article reports that nearly 100 militants, soldiers and civilians died in battles in Kandahar and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan last week, while a suicide attack in the city of Herat killed a U.S. counternarcotics contractor. Colonel Mohammed Hussain, an Afghan Interior Ministry representative in Kandahar, said that civilians are willing to cooperate with the Taliban because the government is not doing anything for them.

The article reports on how Taliban commander Mullah Shahzada seized control of Taliban operations in southern Afghanistan after being released from a jail in Afghanistan. Shahzada recruited fighters by telling harrowing tales of his supposed ill-treatment in the prison. Shahzada also masterminded a jailbreak in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was eventually killed in a fierce battle with the U.S. forces.