Afghanistan Archive
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Influential, experienced and erratic: Trump picks retired general to be national security adviser
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsMichael Flynn helped dismantle insurgent networks in Afghanistan and Iraq but then surprised - and sometimes dismayed - colleagues by joining Trump’s political insurgency -
Prince Harry’s girlfriend staying at Kensington Palace while taking a break from her work in Toronto
Posted on 11.11.2016 | No Comments'Suits' star Meghan Markle, spotted shopping in London, reportedly told her bosses that she had 'something important to do' -
What I Know About PTSD I Didn’t Learn In Medical School
Posted on 17.10.2016 | No CommentsLilly, a fictitious soldier, was corporal in the Canadian Forces (CF) when she was deployed to Afghanistan. Early in her deployment, she was attacked by another soldier as she was returning to her barracks one evening. As he groped her he whispered, "Y... -
ISIL takes responsibility for suicide bomber who targeted march for power line in Afghanistan and killed 80
Posted on 23.07.2016 | No CommentsThe government had received intelligence that an attack on the march could take place, and had warned the organizers -
Michael Den Tandt: West needs to come to grips with reality and fight ISIL on the ground
Posted on 17.07.2016 | No CommentsThe great conflict of our time, so-called, is not one war but three. At the moment we are losing the lot -
Matthew Fisher: Trudeau insists there are other ways to help NATO rather than just simply spending money
Posted on 09.07.2016 | No CommentsAlthough he didn't single out any country by name, Barack Obama made it clear Saturday that he expected much more countries such as Canada -
Afghan boy in homemade Lionel Messi shirt to leave country after receiving threats
Posted on 03.05.2016 | No CommentsThe family of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his soccer hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats, the boy's father said Tuesday. -
At least 28 dead, more than 320 injured in Taliban attack on Afghan security agency
Posted on 19.04.2016 | No CommentsArmed militants in Afghanistan staged a co-ordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning. -
Afghan war memorial in limbo as Liberals roll back perceived Tory militarism
Posted on 05.03.2016 | No CommentsThen-veterans affairs minister Julian Fantino announced the National Memorial to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan in May 2014 -
Disaffected young Afghans warming to a Taliban comeback
Posted on 02.03.2016 | No CommentsAfter the 9/11 terrorist attacks, young urban Afghans were among the most vocal opponents of the Taliban, recoiling at its brutality and treatment of women -
Government needs to provide mental health education to soldiers: Doucette
Posted on 16.11.2015 | No CommentsTom Clark talks to veteran and published author Fred Doucette about his latest book 'Better off Dead' which looks at soldiers and their battle with post traumatic stress disorder. -
The U.S. spent $43 million on a single Afghan gas station offering a fuel that Afghan cars can’t use
Posted on 03.11.2015 | No Commentsinvestigators found that Afghanistan does not have the natural gas transmission infrastructure to support a "viable market" for cars that used compressed natural gas
