English/Anglais
IS2011-2005-07
22 February 2011
Kandahar, Afghanistan

Members of 12e Régiment Blindé Canada (12 RBC) patrol along Route Hyena with Leopard C2 Tanks, providing security for locals, members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), and soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during road construction.

Task Force Kandahar is engaged in a major road-building project in the Panjwa’i district of Afghanistan in order to improve mobility and increase quality of life for the area’s residents. The main road construction project in the Horn of Panjwa’i (HoP) consists of widening and improving Route HYENA, from Sperwan to Mushan. The existing dirt road is in extremely poor condition and the project will improve it into a paved, all-weather road that is eight meters wide and 18-kilometers long. This is a joint project using local labour, ANSF and ISAF resources.

Operation ATHENA is Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The mission of Task Force Kandahar, the Canadian-led brigade in ISAF Regional Command (South), is to set the right conditions for sustainable progress in security, governance, development and peace in the districts of Panjwa’i, Dand and Daman in Kandahar Province, in conjunction with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Afghan national security forces, and other coalition and civilian partners.

Photo Credit: Master Corporal Angela Abbey, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
© 2011, DND-MDN Canada