Afghan 'spring offensive' a myth: U.S. commander15

'I think this year this myth is finally going to be debunked' 09/05/08 6:41 AM 15

Corruption eats away at Afghan government265

In a series of interviews with British and U.S. diplomats, Doug Saunders discovers how senior officials in Kabul profit from their country's plight 03/05/08 11:24 PM 265

Canada reaches out to Taliban224

After years of refusing to negotiate with insurgents, soldiers in Kandahar put word out they want to talk 01/05/08 2:00 AM 224

New general ready to take command in Afghanistan121

Brigadier-General Dennis Thompson says there will be more emphasis on civilian side of development and reconstruction 07/05/08 4:18 AM 121

Plot to kill Karzai began in Pakistan: officials86

Islamabad's deal with militias in tribal belt seen as threat to troops in Afghanistan 01/05/08 4:30 AM 86

Hunger on rise in Afghanistan despite aid10

Food situation has already affected country's stability, officials say 30/04/08 5:12 AM 10

U.S. brings Iraq-like surge to Afghan conflict88

3,500 U.S. Marines bring with them new pressures on Canada and its allies to adapt to U.S. tactics and methods 29/04/08 4:32 AM 88

DND guide tells military how to censor records51

Pamphlet details the many ways Access to Information law can be used to withhold documents from public 29/04/08 4:32 AM 51

Forces paid for friendly-fire deaths, files show145

Afghan families got up to $9,000 each for losing a family member – but without any admission of liability from Canada 23/04/08 11:20 PM 145

Gauthier on Afghanistan58

'We're making progress here,' says commander of all Canadian Forces overseas. Listen to audio interview with Lt.-Gen. Michel Gauthier in Kandahar 10/02/08 9:47 AM 58

Soldier died before learning of promotion

Corporal Étienne Gonthier is 78th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan 25/01/08 6:08 AM

Young soldier took on challenging missions

As a member of a reconnaissance squadron, 26-year-old went on scouting assignments beyond the relative safety of Kandahar airfield 16/01/08 4:49 AM

Soldier killed by roadside bomb loved his job4

Family, friends gather at private funeral for Jonathan Dion, killed last month in Afghanistan 12/01/08 2:39 PM 4

Fallen soldier was on his first overseas mission9

Jonathan Dion, a 27-year-old gunner, is the first member of his close-knit, Quebec-based artillery unit to die 31/12/07 12:30 AM 9

Canada digs in to erase land mines15

Funding boost of at least $50-million to battle the land-mine scourge in Afghanistan expected Monday 30/11/07 11:21 PM 15

The Canadian nerve centre in Afghanistan16

Spouse loses comrade, bride-to-be loses groom

Corporal believed to be first Canadian soldier to face grim task of escorting her own partner's body home from Afghanistan 19/11/07 1:19 AM

Optimism turns to gloom in Karzai's hometown130

Surge in bloodshed viewed as beginning of bigger war in Afghanistan, Globe's Graeme Smith writes 25/01/08 1:30 AM 130

Canadian troops dish out goodwill to disabled105

Hundreds welcomed into Camp Nathan Smith for the annual Muslim Eid holiday food distribution. 16/12/07 10:36 AM 105

Pot replaces poppy in fields of Afghanistan88

The crop can be just as profitable as opium but draws none of the scrutiny from Afghan officials 27/11/07 7:44 PM 88

Pomegranate project proves fruitful4

With the help of USAID, Kandahar's farmers are selling their famous fruit overseas for the first time since the Taliban's collapse 12/11/07 4:41 AM 4

Tories seek injunction to halt detainee hearings196

Federal lawyers trying to stop probe into Canadians' handling of Taliban prisoners 13/04/08 9:37 PM 196

Rights groups to appeal Afghan detainees ruling64

Federal Court's decision not to halt transfer of captives into local custody 'failed to acknowledge the Charter,' Amnesty declares 02/04/08 4:21 AM 64

Tories stalling abuse probe, watchdog says177

Stage set for standoff between Ottawa and independent agency as Military Police Complaints Commission orders public hearings to get access to key uncensored reports on treatment of detainees 13/03/08 2:00 AM 177

Canada resumes Afghan detainee transfers143

Officials say they are satisfied with local authorities' new safeguards against torture 29/02/08 8:44 AM 143

Military probe into alleged abuse hits brick wall151

Investigation into mistreatment of detainees in our custody deliberately stalled, critics say 18/02/08 5:00 AM 151

Canadians won't be left in dark, MacKay says59

Government will announce when military resumes transferring detainees to Afghan authorities, Defence Minister says 11/02/08 6:03 AM 59

Judge blasts Ottawa on Afghan detainees127

Though court won't block transfers, human-rights groups hail ruling as proof existing safeguards cannot prevent prisoner abuse 08/02/08 1:12 AM 127

Kandahar governor denies torture claim544

Khalid says he's never interrogated or abused a prisoner in custody; Hillier says governor is doing "phenomenal work" 02/02/08 4:09 PM 544

Kabul officials sent to monitor detainees7

Move designed to assuage Canadian fears about torture and mistreatment 07/02/08 3:50 AM 7