https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--104-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:19:35 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--104-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53363/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Michelle-Lang https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53363/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Michelle-Lang Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT Kelly Hayes "Michelle was on the cusp of life. She was at the beginning of her career and Afghanistan was a test for her." -- War correspondent Matthew Fisher. Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang and four Canadian soldiers were killed last December after their convoy ran over an bomb near Kandahar City. T... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53434/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Photo-Gallery https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53434/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Photo-Gallery Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:23:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53299/Castanet-in-Kandahar-The-Foot-Patrol https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53299/Castanet-in-Kandahar-The-Foot-Patrol Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:46:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53297/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Training-ANA https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53297/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Training-ANA Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:46:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53298/Castanet-in-Kandahar-The-Shura https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53298/Castanet-in-Kandahar-The-Shura Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:49:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53283/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Guns-and-Dudes https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53283/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Guns-and-Dudes Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:31:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53269/Okanagan-soldiers-in-Afghanistan-Vid https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53269/Okanagan-soldiers-in-Afghanistan-Vid Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:47:00 PDT Kelly Hayes if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53219/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Fearing-IED-S https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53219/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Fearing-IED-S Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:35:00 PDT Kelly Hayes If there's one thing that soldiers loathe it's an IED. It stands for Improvised Explosive Device and they're everywhere. A bulk of the Canadian casualties suffered in the Afghanistan war are from IED's. Without revealing any military secrets, the Taliban (or Insurgents as the military likes to... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53211/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Taliban-still-here https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53211/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Taliban-still-here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:00 PDT Kelly Hayes A few days after my arrival at Kandahar Air Field, I was fortunate enough to hitch a ride to the Panjway District, also known as the birthplace of the Taliban located just a few kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. First stop was Mas'um Gar or better known as MSG -- the main forward operating ba... https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53212/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Living-on-base https://www.castanet.net/news/Kandahar/53212/Castanet-in-Kandahar-Living-on-base Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 PDT Kelly Hayes Life on a forward operating base (FOB) can best be described as quiet and somewhat boring. I say quiet compared to the activity at Kandahar Air Field where F-18's and helicopters dominate the sky and blast your eardrums. On an FOB, you have time to think about home and of course, the war. The ...