Kandahar Air Field

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - The chief of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, Brig.

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - About 1,500 NATO soldiers saluted on Wednesday as pallbearers, some tearful, carried the coffin of a Canadian soldier slain in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan toward a military transport plane for the journey home.

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Bolstered by the U.S.

KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - A voice over the public address system echoes through the cold air: "Rocket attack, rocket attack." The announcement sends soldiers, civilian workers and journalists scurrying into the concrete bunkers, where they wile away the time chatting, or just shivering in the dark, listening for the dull thud of more detonations outside.