May 12, 2008
Canadian engineers hope to rebuild Afghan army barracks, family apartments
- Canadian military engineers have taken the first step in plans to rebuild dilapidated apartments that serve as barracks for Afghan National Army soldiers and their families in the Kandahar area.
On Sunday, the engineers inspected the barracks, mostly bombed out shells of 1960s-style apartments originally built by American involved in airport construction.
Despite that, more than 1,000 people live in the apartments, officially known as Camp Shirzai but which the Americans have tried to rename Camp Hero. Read more
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