(Adds quotes from defense minister on recent deaths) OTTAWA, April 12 (Reuters) - Canada will lease 20 Leopard II battle tanks from Germany for use in Afghanistan this year and also plans to buy up to ...

Key Points and Summary - The Canadian Armed Forces are showing their most positive signs in decades, with recruitment up, pay raises improving morale, and new funding flowing. However, a deeper look ...

The additional reinforcements will increase the Canadian contingent to 2,500 personnel, with the announcement coming just before Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to visit Canada. Since 2002, 32 ...

Cpl. Nathan Hornburg of Calgary died exactly 18 years ago in Afghanistan while working to recover a disabled tank under fire ...

TORONTO, Feb. 17 -- When Glyn Berry, a Canadian diplomat, was killed by a suicide bomber last month in Afghanistan, many here saw it as a sign of more bloodshed to come. Canada, which has stayed out ...

Quote: "It’s official: All eight Leopard 2 battle tanks promised by Canada for Ukraine have now arrived in Poland," she said. It’s official: All eight Leopard 2 battle tanks promised by Canada for ...

As Germany and the United States decided in concert to begin donating tanks to help Ukraine liberate captured territory from Russian occupation, Ottawa too is joining in on the multi-national donation ...

Canada will send four Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine "in the coming weeks," the country’s Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Jan. 26. According to CTV News, Anand said Canada would also ...

OTTAWA – John Manley, Deputy Prime Minister, and Bill Graham, Foreign Affairs Minister, today announced that Canada has re-established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan following an exchange of ...