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  20 Apr 2006 Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan Staff Sergeant Alan McCambridge from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Translator Sardar Wali are visiting a local vendor while conducting a presence patrol through the streets of Kandahar City. They are inspecting the construction site of Sub Station 9 which is a Canadian funded ...

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20 Apr 2006
Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team, Afghanistan

Staff Sergeant Alan McCambridge from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Translator Sardar Wali are visiting a local vendor while conducting a presence patrol through the streets of Kandahar City. They are inspecting the construction site of Sub Station 9 which is a Canadian funded project to assist the police in Kandahar City.

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