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Armoured Vehicles - NATO/ISAF - Southern Afghanistan –
December 2006 Punching at Panjwaii – Canadian Leopard Tanks in Combat CF Tracked Vehicles Tackle the Taliban and Afghan Winters Stephen Priestley , CASR Researcher / Illustrator Into Action – Canadian Leopard C2 tanks and the TLAV M113A3s in Combat 
After a month of settling in and training, the Leopard C2 tanks of B Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse
(RC) are on the move. On 03 Dec 2006 (Afghan time) the tanks rolled out of the Kandahar Airfield compound
heading for Panjwaii District. The Leopards form a new direct fire unit capable of punching
through the thick, mud-brick walls (left) that typify much of Panjwaii District and caused Canadian
troops problems during Operation Medusa.Read the full article on the CF deployment of tracked vehicles |
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Afghan National Army - Army Recruiting - Military Pay
– November 2006 Only a Strong Afghan National Army can secure Afghanistan A Point of View from an Afghan writer and military historian Dr. Assem Akram, an Afghan historian currently living in the US Security in Afghanistan cannot be separated from full regional security 
Without security for Afghanistan, there can be no stability, no reconstruction, no education,
no human rights ( let alone women's rights ), no investment, no development, no growth. It
is, therefore, essential for all nations who sincerely wish
to see the people of Afghanistan return to a normal life,
to concentrate their efforts on one goal: a robust, sizable,
and visible Afghan National Army (ANA), capable of maintaining
security in all the Afghan provinces, supporting the authority of
the Kabul government.Read full article on the need for domestic Afghan security forces |
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Blast Resistant Vehicles – Study of
US Fatalities in Iraq – June 2006 Battling the Bomb - Makers: an Unclassified Study of Iraq Fatalities vs Vehicle Type – Lessons for the CF?
Press reports broadly indicate that the reason [ for higher US Army fatality rates] is larger, more
sophisticated, and better-placed roadside bombs. The Army's own fatality reports support this. |
For mounted troops , the mechanism is obvious: troops riding in
trucks and Humvees present more enticing
targets than troops on foot , since they are necessarily clustered, but
relatively unprotected (even if [the target vehicle has been] 'up-armored' ).|
CF in Southern Afghanistan
– Afghan Women – March 2006 Wondering why Canadian Forces are in Kandahar Province? Afghan Women tell us what life was like under the Taliban. Excerpts from a list of restrictions imposed on Afghan women and children.
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[Ed: If it were not for the presence of our Canadian Forces, along with
other troops deployed by both NATO and non-NATO countries, the Taliban would
return. They continue to be backed by powerful factions within the Pakistani government, their Army and the
Intelligence Service. If the Taliban were allowed to once again take over power