The Dominion - Combat Camera

Olympic Security Tally

Tim McSorley — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:48:32 +0000

Kids with Radio

dru — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:31:22 +0000

A Canadian military photo shows children playing with a new radio. Freedom of expression in Afghanistan, says Warasta, faces many enemies.

M777

dru — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:41:07 +0000

An M777 Artillery gun in Afghanistan. Canada's military exports have tripled in the last five years, and military spending is now higher than at any point during the cold war.

Provincial Reconstruction Team Carrying Bags of Flour

dru — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:37:35 +0000

The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team brings bags of food and supplies to locals during Norouz, the traditional Afghan celebration of the New Year.

Guarding a Meeting

dru — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:32:12 +0000

A soldier guards a meeting between a local chief of police and Canadian officers in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Training Facility

dru — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:37:12 +0000

Soldiers conducting urban warfare training near the Toronto suburb of Downsview Park. The simulated town is modelled after terrain in Afghanistan.

Provincial Reconstruction Team, Kandahar

dru — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:33:02 +0000

Locals wait to receive medical care at a "medical outreach patrol" in the village of Zangabad, in the Kandahar region. The "3-D approach" calls for even closer integration between development aid and counterinsurgency warfare.

Canadian Solider in Kandahar City

hillarybain — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:27:35 +0000

When the Taliban claimed power, they forced women to cover their entire bodies and stopped girls from going to school. They also brought a semblance of security to Afghanistan that has evaporated since the NATO invasion.

M777 artillery gun

dru — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:37:42 +0000

A Canadian M777 artillery gun at Sperwan Ghar in Afghanistan. The stated focus of the NATO mission is "to help Afghans rebuild their lives, families, communities and nation."

Tim Horton's in Kandahar

dru — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:33:40 +0000

A Tim Horton's is unloaded from an American C-17 at Kandahar Airfield. It is, writes Justin Podur, "an affront and an insult to starving people."