The return of the Taliban

The foot patrol to Charkuchi, an impoverished rural enclave in western Kandahar province, didn't follow the script.

Coalition forces operations in southern Afghanistan rarely do. The Canadian soldiers, led by Afghan police, were to walk through the mud-walled village, speak to residents, wave at children and inquire about insurgent activity. The goal: to let war-weary Afghan villagers know that Canadian Forces and Afghan police are dug in at a police station a few hundred metres away. Ten...

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