Canadian Troops in Afghanistan Measure Success Inch by Inch -- Washington Post
Breaking Taliban's Hold on Kandahar Has Proved Elusive
ZHARI, Afghanistan -- The company of Canadian soldiers set off from the small base in southern Afghanistan a few hours before dawn. Combat boots crunching along the wide plains of the Kandahar desert, they moved slowly in a long line into the moonless black ahead.
No one said a word as they picked their way across an old cemetery. The soldiers strained to hear any sound of approaching insurgents above the slap of funeral flags in the crisp autumn wind. Someone at the head of the line motioned them forward. A few dozen yards later, they stopped again.
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