Taliban hit hard by Canada

If this mission has the effect suggested, this is very good news.

Canadian Forces deal 'huge blow' to Taliban: official

Canadian Forces have destroyed a Taliban compound and crippled militants' ability to make and plant roadside bombs, military officials said Monday.

Lt.-Col. Dave Corbould told reporters Monday that Canadian Forces "hit the Taliban hard" during operation Op Timis Preem.

The operation was conducted in the Zhari district of Kandahar province last Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Corbould said the operation's objective was to strike at the Taliban's command and control infrastructure and take away their ability to conduct operations against Afghan and coalition forces.

The mission's key goal was to reduce the Taliban's ability to build improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which they routinely plant along Highway Number One -- the main national highway that crosses Kandahar province.

Corbould said the operation has served "a huge blow to the enemy's ability to plant major IEDs."

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