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Soldiers, serving with Operation Archer, unload supplies for use by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) from a cargo plane in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Canada is extending its military presence with the deployment of a Canadian-led PRT to Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan to reinforce the authority of the Afghan Government in and around Kandahar and will assist in the stabilization of the region.

Approximately 1000 Canadian Forces personnel are deployed to Kabul and Kandahar as part of Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-A). The JTF-A will continue to maintain a secure and stable environment in the Kabul area of operations in the period leading to and shortly following the National Afghanistan Parliamentary Election (NAE).

Photo by Sgt Roxanne Clowe, Canadian Forces Combat Camera