Lavery had a list of more than 1,200 applicants seeking refuge in Canada that had been compiled by advocates and Canadian veterans of the Afghanistan war. The former soldier then spent days ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents killed a French special forces officer in Afghanistan on Saturday and a Canadian officer was in critical condition after being attacked with an ax ...

We are learning tonight about a Canadian believed to be detained in Afghanistan this week. The country under Taliban rule is one of the most dangerous in the world.

Afghans who live near FOB Shank have become so used to seeing ... On their arrival in Afghanistan in 2003, Canadian troops patrolled Kabul in jeeps. By 2007, when I first visited Canadian forces ...

The camp is named after a Canadian soldier who was killed ... Canada's Forward Operating Base Zettlemeyer, or FOB Zed. Many of Canada's casualties in Afghanistan have occurred this area.

Over time, I recognized that Canadian troops were not only focused on counterterrorism, but also on aiding Afghanistan’s development. Their commitment inspired me to approach them every chance I ...

Prime Minister Harper and President Karzai spoke to reporters about Canadian forces involvement in Afghanistan and effor… A debate was held in the Canadian House of Commons on the motion to ...

Fraser, the commander of the Canadian-led multinational brigade in Southern Afghanistan ... in action there earlier last week at age 36. The FOB, as it's called, is known that way only to the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A powerful explosion ripped into a Canadian armored vehicle in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and wounding a journalist for Radio-Canada, officials said.