Afghanistan

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Afghanistan

Timeline of Canada's involvement

Last Updated November 9, 2006

Time of visit May 29th 2008

CBC News

Nov. 9, 2006

Canadian troops and Afghan police kill 22 suspected Taliban militants in Zhari district in Kandahar province. The Canadians pinpointed the militants' position and called in a NATO air strike.

Nov. 1, 2006

Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser ends an eight-month rotation command of NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan. He hands the command over to Dutch Maj.-Gen. Ton Van Loon.

Oct. 03, 2006

Two Canadians soldiers are killed and five others injured 20 kilometres west of Kandahar. They were providing security for a road construction project when they came under attack.

Oct. 1, 2006

The head of the International Red Cross says he is satisfied that Canadian troops in Afghanistan are following rules when it comes to taking prisoners. He says Canada is scrupulous about notifying the Red Cross when it takes prisoners and hands them over to the Afghan government.

Sept. 29, 2006

One Canadian soldier is killed while on patrol. It is believed he triggered an improvised explosive device or landmine on a road. One other soldier is injured in the blast.

Sept. 22, 2006

Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks to MPs and Senators in Ottawa during a state visit to Canada. He says Canada's presence in Afghanistan "is a must."

Sept. 19, 2006

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that Canada's involvement in Afghanistan is "certainly raising Canada's leadership role, once again, in the United Nations and in the world community where we used to have an important leadership role."

Sept. 18, 2006

Four Canadian soldiers are killed in a suicide attack while on patrol in southern Afghanistan.

Sept. 15, 2006

Ottawa pledges to send between 200 and 500 additional troops and a squadron of Leopard tanks to Afghanistan. The Department of National Defence calls the extra soldiers and equipment "a necessary response to the Taliban."

Sept. 11, 2006

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada's military participation in Afghanistan is necessary to make the world safer and help eliminate the terror behind the Sept. 11 attacks.

Sept. 4, 2006

Two U.S. aircraft mistakenly fire on a Canadian platoon taking part in NATO's massive anti-Taliban operation in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier.

Sept. 3, 2006

Four Canadian soldiers die during a ground assault on an insurgent position as part of a major NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.

Aug. 28, 2006

At least 17 people die and 47 are wounded after a suicide bombing in a busy market located near a police station in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan.

Aug. 27, 2006

A Canadian soldier is one of seven people hurt in a mortar attack on a military operating base where the main coalition troops are stationed, about 30 kilometres south of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan.

Aug. 26, 2006

Canadian soldiers kill an Afghan National Police officer in a shooting that a military spokesman describes as a "regrettable incident."

Aug. 22, 2006

A Canadian soldier and a young girl are killed and three others are wounded when a suicide bomber plows his car into a Canadian military patrol in southern Afghanistan. The deceased soldier, Cpl. David Braun of CFB Shilo in Manitoba, is the 27th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since the war began in 2002. Two hours after the attack, a Canadian soldier shoots and kills a 10-year-old boy and injures a teenager when their motorcycle breaks through the security perimeter around the suicide-bombing site.

Aug. 21, 2006

Two Canadian soldiers are wounded in an ambush about 20 kilometres west of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan.

Aug. 15, 2006

Six Canadian soldiers are injured in a mortar attack on a Canadian outpost about 30 kilometres west of Kandahar in Panjwaii, southern Afghanistan.

Aug. 11, 2006

A Canadian medic, Cpl. Andrew Eykelenboom, is killed in a suicide bombing. It is believed he is the first Canadian military medic killed in action since the Korean War. The attack happened as Eykelenboom travelled in an armoured G-Wagon light utility vehicle as part of a resupply convoy heading north from the district of Spin Boldak to Kandahar airfield. Overall, 26 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died in Afghanistan since 2002.

Aug. 9, 2006

A Canadian soldier, Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from CFB Shilo in Manitoba, is killed in what appears to be an accidental discharge of a Canadian rifle. Walsh is the 25th Canadian soldier killed in the mission in Afghanistan since 2002.

Aug. 8, 2006

The new chief of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Lt.-Gen. David Richards, urges Canada not to waver in the battle. The NATO commander says the Canadians who have died in Afghanistan have "died for as good a cause as I can think of."

Aug. 5, 2006

Canadian soldier, Master Cpl. Raymond Arndt, is killed and three others injured in a traffic accident near Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan. The wounded soldiers are Cpl. Jared Gagnon, Cpl. Ashley Van Leeuwen and Pte. Adam Keen. Arndt is the 24th Canadian soldier killed in the mission in Afghanistan since 2002.

Aug. 4, 2006

Two roadside bombs hit a Canadian military convoy west of Kandahar.