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Tarnak Farms

Former Afghan training camp

Tarnak Farms

Former Afghan training camp

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Tarnak Farms still in ruins in 2005.

Tarnak Farms was an Afghan training camp near Kandahar, which served as a base to Osama bin Laden and his followers from 1998 to 2001. It was also the site of the Tarnak Farm incident.

In 1998, Osama bin Laden moved his followers from Nazim Jihad to Tarnak Farms following Northern Alliance threats to attack Jalalabad. Video of Tarnak Farms in 2000 made by the Central Intelligence Agency appeared to show bin Laden at the location.{{cite news

The Tarnak Farms facility housed an al-Qaeda poison and explosive training laboratory and an advanced operational training camp. Operatives of al Qaeda received advanced operational training at the facility, including urban assault. The September 11 hijackers Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah recorded their wills at Tarnak Farms.

On April 17, 2002, a friendly fire incident occurred when four Canadian soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were killed at Tarnak Farms while conducting a live-fire training exercise. While flying an F-16, American pilot Harry Schmidt dropped a 227-kilogram laser-guided bomb on the Canadian position. The bomb killed Canadian Forces Sgt Marc Leger, Cpl Ainsworth Dyer, Pte Richard Green and Pte Nathan Lloyd Smith and wounded eight CF soldiers.

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References

  1. Sage. (March 18, 2004). "CIA missed chance to capture bin Laden in 2000". The Scotsman.
  2. (October 1, 2006). "Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ". [[The Times]].
  3. [[Jane Mayer. Mayer, Jane]], "The Dark Side", 2008.
  4. Ensor, David. (March 17, 2004). "Drone may have spotted bin Laden in 2000 - Mar 17, 2004". CNN.
  5. OARDEC. (2008-01-17). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Al Qahtani, Maad". [[United States Department of Defense]].
  6. (2006-10-01). "Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ". [[The Times]].
  7. Ormsby, Mary. (10 November 2012). "Three Tarnak Farm survivors remember 2002 friendly fire incident". [[Toronto Star]].
  8. Yaniszewski, Mark. (2007). "Reporting on Fratricide: Canadian Newspapers and the Incident at Tarnak Farm, Afghanistan". [[Sage Publications Ltd]].
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