CANADIAN SOLDIERS INCREASE PRESSURE ON TALIBAN FORCES

Canadian soldiers are increasing the pressure on Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Coalition troops are in the midst of the largest military offensive since the Taliban government was ousted in 2001. In the latest tactic, US forces set up positions to cut off Taliban supply routes in a remote mountain region. More than 10,000 troops have spread out across southern Afghanistan in an offensive dubbed Operation Mountain Thrust. Coalition soldiers say they've killed more than 80 suspected insurgents this week.

- Reported by: SANDIE RINALDO

PUBLICATION: CTV - CTV News
DATE: 2006.06.18