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| Haji, our Afghan driver and guide. Click to view photo album of Qalat. |
In May of 2006, embedded as a journalist with the Canadian Army in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Bill spent four weeks in Afghanistan. Bill arrived one day after the Kabul riot, in which 14 Afghans were killed and over a hundred wounded, and provided firsthand reporting of the aftermath, and rode along with the Canadian troops of the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during an operation in Kandahar's restive Zari and Panjwai districts.
Photogalleries from Afghanistan:
"Images of Kabul", "A girl's orphanage", "LAV convoy", "Forward Operating Base Martello", "Operations in Kandahar", "Taliban defector press conference", and "a drive to Qalat". Click the photo below to view.
Articles from Afghanistan
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| The garden of a girl's orphanage in Kabul. Click to view photo album. |
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| On the road with Canadian troops to Forward Operating Base Martello. Click to view photo album. |
May 18 article in the Courier Post on upcoming embed in Afghanistan
Additional Multimedia:
Discussion with Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club on Coalition offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan's involvement with the Taliban.
Transcript of appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show.
Recording of press conference with Major Quentin Innis on suicide bombing in Kandahar. (File size is 5 Megabytes, in .wav format)
Recording of press conference with Mullah Ibrahim, a former Taliban Commader. (Includes translation to Pashtu. File size is 37 Megabytes, in MP3 format)
Recording of press conference with Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hope on Operation Mountain Thrust. (includes translation to Pashtu. file size is 22 Megabytes, in MP3 format)
Recording of press conference with Colonel Chris Vernon on Operation Mountain Thrust.
Discussion with Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club on the Kabul riot and the situation in Afghanistan.
