Afghan War Blog

Conversation on Afghanistan and Counterterrorism.   General (ret) Stan McChrystal and former Secretary of State John Kerry discuss A...

Afghanistan's Commandos.  There are about 11,000 Afghan soldiers assigned to the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (A...

Deploying. A small group of Soldiers from Fort Bragg, NC going on a deployment. Read "82nd Airborne Division postal unit headed to...

USSOCOM and Drones.  A news report provides information about how the U.S. Special Operations Command utilizes drones to do ISR and target...

Canadian SOF , nicknamed "CANSOF" by some, were an early entry in the Afghan War - deploying as early as 2002. A recent news artic...

A new book is out about the Canadian involvement with Afghanistan. It is entitled Afghanistan: A Canadian Story 2001-2014 .  Read a book rev...

One of Canada's 'signature projects' in Afghanistan was the repair of irrigation canals in Kandahar province in an effort to im...

A recent article in a Canadian newspaper looks at the 'whole of government' approach used by the Canadians in the Afghan conflict in...

A group of Edmonton-based soldiers are due to return to Canada after a long deployment to Afghanistan. Read more in "More Canadian troo...

The Canadian government issued a final report on Canada's participation in the Afghan War. The report documents the successes and failur...

For the most part, Canadian combat troops have now left Afghanistan; however, there are over one thousand deployed there in support, staff, ...

Four reporters for the Edmonton Journal catch up with four Canadian military members who served in Afghanistan and have now returned "...

In December 2011 Canada ended its "combat role" in Afghanistan after ten years.  It will continue in a smaller effort in the train...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Cuts or changes to Ottawa's politically sensitive contribution to NATO's training mission in Afghanistan are p...

Canada is assessing ten years in Afghanistan: "Whether the 10 years of fighting and dying in Afghanistan was worth the Canadian blood ...

Canadians were (and are) staunch allies in Afghanistan.  They have operated across the full-spectrum of activities with civic action, aid wo...

Operation Hamaghe Shay is currently underway in the Kandahar area of Afghanistan.  The operation is an Afghan-led, Canadian-supported missi...

The Canadian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Kandahar has transferred its ownership of the PRT to the United States.  However, ...

Two Canadian generals will be heading up the training programs for the Afghanistan police and army.  As Canada transitions from combat opera...

A Canadian general will become the Deputy Commander of NATO's training mission in Afghanistan.  Canada is shifting its support in the wa...