Canadian soldiers get ready to go on patrol from Kandahar air field in southern Afghanistan. (Joe Bryksa/Canadian Press)From Breitbart/Canadian Press:
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A small group of Canadian soldiers has finally returned to their base in Afghanistan after playing key roles in some of the heaviest fighting this fall.
Details are now starting to emerge about the part about 30 Canadians played in the battle for Lashkar Gah, the capital of nearby Helmand province that was threatened by the Taliban late last month.
"(The fighting) was quite intense," said Maj. Steve Nolan, who commanded one of the mentorship teams working with a kandak, or battalion, of Afghan National Army soldiers.
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