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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 06:41 PM
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Tramp, tramp, tramping though Afghanistan - Canadian troops
Mountains Near Kabul — Canadian and Afghan soldiers combing mountains near the capital spotted possible insurgents making their way toward the city and traced access routes they suspect are being used by guerrilla fighters.

The sighting came on the second day of a tortuous three-day reconnaissance mission this week that took members of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment reconnaissance platoon and three Afghans 30 kilometres through ravines, over peaks and into caves.

They found landmines, booby traps and unexploded bombs — likely leftover from the Soviet war 20 years ago. They were confronted by cobras, vipers, scorpions and poisonous porcupine quills 25 centimetres long.

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