The long war at Kandahar province

The CF were holding the fort, as it were. From BruceR. at Flit:

CSM: Zhari fight just beginning

Four years after Canadians first deployed to Zhari district, here is one writer's synopsis of all that we achieved:

"In many places, as in Zhari, the battle is just beginning."..

As for the insurgent leaders mentioned, Kaka Abdul Khaliq and Jabar Agha, yeah, I know those names, too. You gotta give 'em credit for keeping alive this long with all the effort put into hunting them over the years [likely our guys involved]. Slim customers, those two.

Those now doing the fighting in Zhari, under the CF's Task Force Kandahar, are the US Army's 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, see "U.S. Army units" here.

The vehicle in the photo at the CSM story,

A convoy of foreign soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are reflected on a mirror of a vehicle in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday.
Allauddin Khan/AP

looks like a Canadian Army Nyala.