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• June 19: A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrols in an armored personal carrier in Arghandab district in Kandahar province south of Kabul , Afghanistan. Afghan officials say military operations have cleared Taliban militants from the villages they had infiltrated outside of southern Afghanistan's largest city.
• June 19: Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) along with an Afghan soldier, center, patrol through Arghandab district, in Kandahar province south of Kabul , Afghanistan. Afghan officials say military operations have cleared Taliban militants from the villages they had infiltrated outside of southern Afghanistan's largest city.
• June 19: A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands on alert in Arghandab district, in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan and NATO forces have cleared Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages they had infiltrated outside southern Afghanistan's largest city.
• June 19: An Afghan soldier guards a village in Arghandab district, in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan and NATO forces have cleared Taliban militants from a strategic group of villages they had infiltrated outside southern Afghanistan's largest city.
• June 19: A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch over a village in Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan.
• June 17: Reinforcement Afghan soldiers wait at Kabul airport to be transferred to Arghandab district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The Afghan army, which flew four planeloads of soldiers to Kandahar on Tuesday, said 300 to 400 militants had gathered in Arghandab, many of them foreign fighters. The U.S.-led coalition, however, said it conducted a patrol through the region "and found no evidence that militants control the area."
• June 17: An Afghan family leaves the Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by Taliban militants, in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 700 families fled the district according to a police officer manning a checkpoint on the east side of the Arghandab River.
• June 17: Afghans carry their belongings on a tractor as they leave the Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants, for the city of Kandahar, which bears the same name as the province. Small bridges were destroyed as families fled in tractors, trucks and taxis.
• June 17: A crew member counts the number of Afghan soldiers in a military plane to leave for Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 700 Afghan army troops have moved from Kabul to Kandahar to deal with the Arghandab threat.
• June 17: Afghan soldiers wait to get on board a military plane to leave for Arghandab district which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 700 Afghan army troops have moved from Kabul to Kandahar to deal with the Arghandab threat.
• June 17: Afghan soldiers get on board a military plane to leave for Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday. About 700 Afghan army troops have moved from Kabul to Kandahar to deal with the Arghandab threat.
• June 17: Afghan soldiers wait for flight to be transferred to Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 700 Afghan army troops have moved from Kabul to Kandahar to deal with the Arghandab threat.
• June 17: Afghan soldiers walk at Kabul airport to take flight to be transferred to Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. About 700 Afghan army troops have moved from Kabul to Kandahar to deal with the Arghandab threat.
• June 17: Afghan displaced families are seen near their tents after leaving their homes, which were under the control of the Taliban militants in Arghandab district of Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Police officer Sardah Mohammad says more than 700 families - meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more - have fled the Arghandab district, 10 miles northwest of Kandahar. Police on Tuesday were stopping and searching every person traveling on the east side of the Arghandab River.
• June 17: A Canadian soldier with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands on alert at a joint checkpoint in Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by the Taliban militants in Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Police officer Sardah Mohammad says more than 700 families - meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more - have fled the Arghandab district, 10 miles northwest of Kandahar city. Police on Tuesday were stopping and searching every person traveling on the east side of the Arghandab River.
• June 17: An Afghan soldier, left, searches a man on the way to leaving the Arghandab district where is partly controlled by the Taliban militants for the city of Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Police officer Sardah Mohammad says more than 700 families - meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more - have fled the Arghandab district, 10 miles northwest of Kandahar. As Police on Tuesday were stopping and searching every person traveling on the east side of the Arghandab River.
• June 17: Afghan families sit in the back of a car as they leave the Arghandab district, which is partly controlled by Taliban militants, for the city of Kandarhar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. Police officer Sardah Mohammad says more than 700 families - meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more - have fled the Arghandab district, 10 miles northwest of Kandahar.
• June 15: Britain soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen in the Garmser district during a visiting from Britains forces base in the Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. NATO spokesman Mark Laity said NATO and Afghan military officials were redeploying troops to the region to "meet any potential threats."
• June 15: Britain soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are seen near a helicopter after arriving from Lashkar Gah to the Garmser district during a visiting from Britains forces base in Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan.
• June 16: An Afghan police officer throws fuel over the opium during a drug burning ceremony in the outskirts of the city of Herat province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan policemen burnt around 1,100 kilograms of drugs, mostly crystal heroin. Afghanistan produces around 93 percent of the world's heroin.
• June 15: Canadian soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard during a press conference on a prison attacked by Taliban militants in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophisticated Taliban attack that set hundreds free, while Afghan forces recaptured 20 prisoners, officials said Sunday.
• June 15: Relatives are seen around the covered dead body of Haji Toor Jan the district police chief of Nad Ali, who was killed in a roadside bomb during his burial service in Lashkar Gah the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. A roadside bomb killed the district police chief of Nad Ali, said Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the provincial police chief. Another police official was wounded in the attack, he said.