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Updated Sat. Jul. 5 2008 7:47 PM ET The Canadian Press CALGARY -- Increased insurgent activity in Afghanistan over the past month isn't a sign the Taliban is regaining its strength, Canada's top soldier said Saturday. A dramatic prison break in Kandahar and a surge of Taliban activity near the city is a "setback" but it won't be a problem in the long run according to Gen. Walter Natynczyk, who took over as Chief of Defence Staff this month. "This is that summer campaign season that we've talked about. We're in the middle of it and that's the reality of it," shrugged Natynczyk, in Calgary for meetings with the commander of NORAD and to take in the Calgary Stampede. "At the same time our soldiers, working with the Afghan army and Afghan police, as you've just seen in the Arghandab, have been able to take it back to the Taliban... [read full story]
