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Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« on: June 26, 2008, 22:54:22 »
A series of pic's depicting Canadian presence patrols in Astan.








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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2008, 22:57:05 »


Afghan boys swim in a river as Canadian armored vehicles with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol in Arghandab district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday June 26, 2008.

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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2008, 23:27:50 »
Look at all those non-issued chest rigs, lol
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2008, 23:29:21 »
The RSM must have been on leave. ;D
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2008, 23:56:43 »
Thanks T6

I love pictures like that.

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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2008, 00:40:58 »
And even a Polish Mi-17! Cool beans T6. :)
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2008, 00:47:11 »
Actually, as a child of the cold war, the helicopter struck me as a little ironic.
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2008, 08:22:22 »
Amazing pictures, T6. Thanks!


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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2008, 10:37:43 »
Thanks heaps for sharing the great photos, T6!
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2008, 11:00:35 »
Great photos! Thank you for posting.
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2008, 15:52:36 »
awesome photos! definitely adding them to my collection.
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Re: Canadian Troops in Afghanistan
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2008, 21:24:50 »
The RSM must have been on leave. ;D

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