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On 1 December 2009, the US president announced a major troop increase that sent another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. [20] The Canadian troops remained mostly active in the Panjwai and Kandahar districts, where they were located at the end of 2009. [citation needed] Canadians were also active in the Zhari and Daman districts. [21]
The Tarnak Farm incident is the killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the night of April 17, 2002, near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Canadian Forces personnel carry the coffin of a deceased comrade onto an aircraft at Kandahar Air Field, 1 February 2009. The number of Canadian Forces' fatalities resulting from Canadian military activities in Afghanistan is the largest for any single Canadian military mission since the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. A total of 159 Canadian ...
The last week saw the unceremonious end to the longest military adventure in American history. The botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is the first major foreign policy crisis of the Biden ...
The United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 30 August 2021, marking the end of the 2001–2021 war.In February 2020, the Trump administration and the Taliban signed the United States–Taliban deal in Doha, Qatar, [7] which stipulated fighting restrictions for both the US and the Taliban, and in return for the Taliban's counter-terrorism commitments, provided ...
Pages in category "Canadian military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In early 2006, Canada's contribution to Operation Archer increased to approximately 2300 personnel. [4] The then-designated Task Force Afghanistan also included a Canadian-led multinational brigade headquarters, designated Task Force Aegis, and Canadian battle group designated Task Force Orion centred on 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (1 PPCLI). [5]
The United States Air Force captured footage of service members boarding a military aircraft on August 30, describing it as showing some of the last American troops to leave Afghanistan.According ...