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Afghanistan – NATO ~ ISAF – 2010 |
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Kandahar City – Canadian Forces
– US Troops – NATO ~ ISAF – March 2010 Taliban Influence in Kandahar – Overview of Taliban attempts to Exert Power over the Population in the Provincial Capital Excerpts from Summary of a paper written by Carl Forsberg, December 2009 Red shows areas with greatest Taliban influence – Yellow shows areas of contested control. 
The Taliban [ have mounted ] a multi - year campaign to exertcontrol over Kandahar city. [ To date ] coalition forces have not responded well to the Taliban in Kandahar. This explains why the International Security Assistance Force will likely allocate additional troops to the districts around the city of Kandahar in 2010. Since 2004, the Taliban [ have kept ] a clear and constant objective: to exert control over Kandahar city. To accomplish this objective, the Taliban sought to take control of the populated areas surrounding Kandahar city, district - by - district. The key districts surrounding Kandahar city are: Zhari, Panjwayi, Khakrez, Arghandab, and Dand. In 2004, the Taliban attempted to advance against Kandahar city from their bases in Uruzgan, Zabul [ east of Kandahar ], and Shah Wali Kot. Read edited excerpts from a paper by Carl Forsberg, published by Summary |
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Afghan National Army – US Troops –
Canadian Forces – Kandahar City – March 2010 Coming Campaign for Kandahar – Troops from Canada, the US and the ANA will mount an all-out push to take and hold key areas Edited excerpts from article published by the CBC News, 24 February 2010 [1] 
This winter ... two new elementshave had a galvanizing effect on the international Afghan mission. The first was President Obama's decision to triple the number of US combat troops on the ground in Afghanistan – a deployment that is prodding the main allies ... to treat the war more vigorously. ( In Helmand province, the largest offensive in eight years is now underway.) The second element is a palpable sense of time urgency – the next six to ten months must produce a turning point for the counter-insurgency against the Taliban. Read edited excerpts from from an article published by the CBC News |
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Armoured Vehicles – Danish CV9035s Arrive in
Afghanistan – February 2010 Afghan South 2010: the Danish CV9035 DK Infantry Fighting Vehicles Arrive in Helmand Province and Prepare for ISAF Combat Operations 
On 15 Feb 2010, the last of ten Danish infantry fighting vehicles off-loaded at Camp
Bastion in Helmand Province. Delivery of these 10 CV9035 IKKs was fraught with challenges.
First a cargo vessel transporting the armoured vehicles to an undisclosed Middle Eastern
jumping off point faced mechanical problems. Then, air transport was delayed while
diplomatic transit approval was frantically sought by Danish logistics command. Once permits were in place,
the IKKs could finally be loaded onto the leased Antonov An-124 aircraft for delivery to Helmand.The IKKs were scheduled to complete that final, aerial leg of their journey to Afghanistan in late January but notification was not received until 10 Feb 2010 that overflight permission to Afghanistan had at last been granted. Once local officialdom had been satisfied, leased Antonovs cargo aircraft were loaded with CV9035s and kit and then flown to Camp Bastion. Read full article detailing the Arrival of Danish CV9035s in Afghanistan |
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Armoured Vehicles – Danish CV9035s Prepare for
Afghanistan – January 2010 Afghan South 2010: Danish Forces Preparing to Deploy to Helmand Province with Adapted, More Capable, and Uparmoured CV9035 DKs 
In an earlier page, CASR noted Danish preparations for the
deployment of new CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles to Afghanistan. As the Danes get
ready for the February 2010 rotation, more features of their soon-to-deploy IFVs have been revealed.
These state-of-the-art vehicles have been fitted with slat-armour 'cages' for RPG protection and tawny
Barracuda 'thermal mats' for both camouflage and vehicle interior heat reduction. Interesting
that such features are seen on Canadian Forces Leopard 2A6Ms.The Danes have been learning from CF tankers in Afghanistan and make no bones about it. Perhaps the question should be: Are the Canadian Forces, in turn, learning from the Danes? Read full article detailing preparations to send Danish CV9035s to Afghanistan |
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