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Taliban direct assaults growing more rare: Canada
11 months agoOTTAWA (Reuters) - Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan are launching fewer direct attacks on Canadian troops because they suffer heavy casualties from such operations, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
U.S. cities monitoring safe-injection site
11 months agoWatching Vancouver closely as they try to deal with hardcore drug addiction
Poland joins Canada in push for help in Afghanistan
11 months agoNATO ally offers to share helicopters
Michael Byers on Canada's role in Afghanistan
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Ready to quit Afghanistan, Canada PM tells Bush
11 months agoOTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, reinforcing an ultimatum over Afghanistan, told U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday that Ottawa would withdraw its military mission next year unless NATO sent in more troops, officials said.