Amazing Afghanistan War Photos
The National Post had an amazing set of photos from the front today. They’re not on-line so you’ll need to run out and get the paper. I was only able to track down two of them.
The caption for the photo below is: “A Wounded Canadian soldier crawls for cover after his position was ambushed by Taliban fighters yesterday in Afghanistan’s Zhari district”.
By Finbarr O’Reilly
HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The explosion of the shell against a mud wall in a field of grapevines sent the Canadian soldier crouched behind it flying backwards.Blood spilling from his nose and mouth, the stunned man crawled for shelter through swirling smoke and dust as comrades laid down covering fire and moved towards him.
Under fire from Taliban insurgents, Canadian Master Corporal Frank Flibotte and Major Jean-Sebastien Fortin attended to the wounded soldier, helping him to his feet and supporting him as he staggered into an armoured RG-31 vehicle that had raced to the scene.
Canadian forces from the NATO-led coalition and Afghan National Army troops clashed with Taliban insurgents at Howz-e-Madad in the Zhari district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Tuesday in a battle typical of the conflict gripping the country’s southern region bordering Pakistan.
The Canadian soldier, who did not want his name published, was only lightly wounded. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was shot in the shoulder during heavy fighting that lasted several hours and was airlifted by helicopter to Kandahar Air Field for emergency treatment.
There was no confirmation of any Taliban killed or wounded, though three suspected fighters were detained for questioning.
The joint operation between ANA and Canadian forces was meant to be a raid on a mud compound near the main highway.
“The Taliban attack from this place every two days or so, hitting civilian trucks and our supply convoys,” said Fortin.
FAILED TRAP
“What we wanted to do was disrupt them by setting a trap, but we were compromised and took heavy fire and had to pull back.”
The Canadians called in armoured support from its Quick reaction Force, consisting of more than a dozen armoured vehicles, while U.S. Humvees and U.S. Rangers also provided back-up. Artillery sent in smoke cover and U.S. Apache helicopters clattered overhead.
Fortin estimated there were between 10 to 15 Taliban fighters.
“They used mounted machineguns, RPGs (rocket propelled grenades) and 82-millimeter recoilless rifles,” said Fortin.
It was the twenty-third such “contact” of the past month, he added.
“It’s not finished,” he said. “I’m just glad our guy was ok.” (Finbarr O’Reilly is a Reuters photographer embedded with Canadian troops)
Afghanistan was land of lost like African who get abused or neglected by their own people their politician and force and abuse of foreign policy as we can see history made those county to those situation that is not Islam or Afghani today to blame of what their ancestor left for them to do and not blame to all other people in world of what they have today
Instead find solution using right director to help them when I notice ben ladne has child of man in Saudi Arabi who his father has 50 kids and he ben ladne has 4 wives with 19 kids each one country completely neglected I can understand ben ladne has father who didnot take care of him and he find the land to help monchroay of Arabian who his family also was in construction business never think later Russian come and ben laden second their European and US came and in between Taliban who has business of transfer drugs are left behind and used their wabhi religion to scared people to have power to take their land in abuse of drug only while this land must get rebuilt back again
Or can see shia in Pakistani go for walk in Aushura while police know they are walking should prevent all suicide bombing but they could not then how do you expect Afghanistan do this plus some hate full American may behind all this terror attack too to kill all Muslim as well this is bloody situation must get under control this is not fair one go and blow up automobile car wheel to scared political this is not solution for their problems they must communicate first and have government and change government every 4 years to be better and not make it kingdom monarchy any more they need back up from old experience good people and use young brave men to change world toward good and women to grow brave good men to society as well we do not want men of neglect of parent or men who blow up innocent people or men who scared or sell their country to foreigner or men who has not brain for change for better tomorrow you must also accept fate some time make you to certain situation as well need to change it not blame and seat and sorry and all the time compare yourself to rich but who you are and where you are standing today and where you are going tomorrow and do not be jealous of some one else success since you may need their help tomorrow open window do not broke all britches and increase hate among each other
People who say stop Muslim in and we are no Muslim are better than Muslim are BS and if we want to listen to one dogm or neglect brain we are act like them looser too we need to united to act better than them and we can accept tolerant from muslim who hate nonmuslim blindly nobody give you gold medal to kill innocent you go to hell not heaven
We do not like people who reject god or people who spy us to steal our sources with two faces for their money and leave Muslim long term welfare systems trade must be act fairly not by force or take from you by force too
When industrial revolution or stock market crashed
Most people may not have excess to welfare system or any help and caused so many bankruptcy
Then we say we need to have back up welfare system to help when you loose it all or most of your income
next is if number of welfare or unemployed is more than people who are working then you must review your country political approach like African who are teen girl has born baby who can not feed and then we see all crying baby of world vision to donate them to let them not die of hunger
now we can see Afghanistan and African are both are poor country and all blame is bad politician run to their country and poor education caused not able to have security in place first except bunch of drug addict to who sell drug to made living and feed their kids unfortunately and if we take drug they made Afghanistan more poorer than before
Solution is short term and long term for Afghanistan and African country like Somalia and other country
Blow up your body for more fight not resolve issue as we see history not solution only increase hate among people
Now so many people like to really help and guide Afgnestan with good intention and human right while they scared there is not security to approach them
this is like you send doctor in middle people who has malaria and Aids rather than one doctor to help all patient he back dead since security and health was not enough there to save anybody instead bring more dead to their land
therefore Afghanistan and African people need first welfare check to live in temporary bases to built security and health up then bring more crow to help them built their country and made their own farm and own chicken and beef plan and own agriculture and made them less independent to foreign country or made them long term welfare do not drink coffer help afghan and African are not long term solution that Christian missioner did so far to help them in real deep too they need government to run in poor country and then they can do it all themselves to have self confidence later and I am sure afghani are smart and can do it all
now there is too much mass all Saudi wahabi and all drug dealer all war zone fight nobody know who is who and what they really want to help them like patient who can not talk just cry for pain is afghani people is and nobody able to help them individually they are make them lost land now
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interesttsss
December 29, 2009 at 9:14 pm
what also I hate in Europe and Canada and West that still black and Muslim treated like third world country and give them more welfare check and big job goes to white English people and they gave their $4000 to $ 20000 per month salary to them and remain of their waste tax goes to Canadian Muslim or black still this system must get change to say I am Italian and like to feed you Muslim and you are bunch of dump and we know better that is not true Muslim are smart and just environment need to prepare to show their talent there
When group get frustrated they lead to get violence and some time do unfair criminal act against other innocent people this should stop
as God ( Allah ) watching us all we can not kill some one for hate this is wrong and Islam not accept this to go to airplane and carry Muslim and nonMuslim and say I want to blow you up how do you know so many of them may Muslim among them what do you like to proof
Then we faced dirty ugly face that
Christian call it war
Muslim call it jihad
And stupid call it suicide bombing
All is come from hate frustration hunger seeing all human right chain is broken
Some country can not even give them a break to opposite political party and only like to win and not let their voice get respected not all opposition party may say wrong thing
while going to hear your voice in crowed country like Africa India and china and middle east must get organized like they can borrow their football place to talk AND give their ticket to enter and stop crowed if go more than limit to save life
Or go to internet to talk and if you say violence your Ip address can reported to police to stop all harassment but
we can not stop people to talk let them talk and say what they want hear them analyze good idea verses bad idea do not go to protest to put safety of people in danger that is harassment and your voice never get heard too
Then first try to talk and get group to say important
Heard and help hunger in world in temporary and long term climate change
Political party in each country need to have two groups to heard both party views and prevention for sake of help public interest.
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To: Iran
If Iranian give limit of hear voice of opposition and not ask all power and all money for one side of story then they may go to better way by limit them
such as number of people come to protest must get limit and have ticket or open internet to talk and only arrest people who do kill or do criminal act by their IP address do not cut all voice and do not kill innocent this blood back to you too and look you less accountable
Criminal justice system in Iran and human right and help poor and old age must welfare need it in Iran and economical better to spend more money for war weapon
I do not like innocnet opposition to kill and i do not appreciate oppositon who get advantage to made city disable and look iran stupid in world while we got some of Iraq -sadam was wining game for Iran and
Afgani- anti shia are wining for Iran and world copengagn -climate change is benefit for iran and
isreal long year of fight to stop fight pelstian are win for iran and now inside job need to get fix in Iran properly not illegally any more and be fari not all human are perfect need to help them not kill them
be patien in iran matter and seat and talk together
no more fight any more all blood made peopel more sepearted and imposible to fix it later
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You must be sinless sheikh but public may not be sinless people then need environment to do so. Or be easy with your citizen now and do not allow those to gain and be happy life does not stop them by illegal or without any trial to bother your citizen too
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What I hate is to give Jewish in Israel welfare check to not have life and you must dependent to US money and you use money to fight any body they told you to do
Or give Palestinian UN welfare check and tell them still after 60 years who stay in east Jerusalem
Or give African welfare world vision check and say you must made film and cry near camera to gain money
For Muslim must beat up each other to have right to talk or gain and in balance
this system must get stop and move to next stage of long term find real solution to people problems that short term feeding hunger is get too lengthy now and they need to find new method to replace it before people frustration harm all of us include themselves over false anger to lead to more crime here
Such as Nigeria or other African people are act cold blood think people who walk in US and West are happy l if and they have no life let take some of their life out by doing terrorist act is wrong way
plus all hunger drugs smoke alcohol and hate and lack of good politician made them long waiting list they can not handle it but doing crime with other crime is also do not bring your voice to help you this is made people like your color to take more discrimination to them too
war is can do in temporary in long term is made people hate and never look for peace like African like Israel long war there made them next to impossible this people to like each other soon and more act personal hate toward each other or act more using their brain to stop this BS soon.
we all are human and need of all us are similar first then we come to indecency of country and then we come to say now you eat food and your stomach are full now fight Christ is better or Mohammad is better or both were prophet of god come to help public interest nothing else to help us all then why we fighting to death now the time is not there now
Act politic and do priority first to gain constructive basis to achieve good life anshalahhll
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Do not forget we have third world
third world country can not stop first and second to not grow because they need to take care of them ONLY and not to their own citizen and third world country should hate first and second world because they work hard or had better politician to blow up their plan for their third world country mistake and be patient and wait to some to help you not hate you to not help you
Do not seat and count on welfare money only
first world country must work in climate changed to made world in depend and open more economic to help third world country as first priority limit the capitalism
second world country must prevent to do not go to third world and continue healthy grow and do not act slave for first world free of charge do not spend so much money in war and weapon and cut wrong doing faster change socialism to have freedom of choice too and respect human right too
Take care of yourself first before help others and to all be cool and use your brain and do not fight over one bread just cut it has piece for every body. Peace
interesttsss
December 29, 2009 at 9:18 pm