{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Long War: Canada in Afghanistan","title":"6. The Grind (2007–2010)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e6b744cd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1910,"description":"This episode includes accounts of grievous injury. Defeated in Operation Medusa, the Taliban shifts to insurgency tactics. Asymmetric warfare is the order of the day as Canada leads the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. \nImprovised explosive devices (IEDs) are a constant danger and insurgents mingle with the locals. Troops are on constant alert for invisible threats. When the worst happens, combat casualties arrive at the Role 3 combat hospital, where medical teams stabilize them for evacuation out of the country.  \n\nThe psychological toll of deployment mounts as the war continues. But Canada’s military engagement in Kandahar will soon be coming to an end. \n\nRead more\nCanadian War Museum: \"Counterinsurgency in Kandahar: Canada in Afghanistan, 2007-2010\"\nOral histories\nIn Their Own Voices\nRyan Flavelle –– Transcript\nCecilia Ho –– Transcript\nHilliard Kahpeaysewat – Transcript / Video\nDennis LeBlanc –– Transcript / Video\nNicole Mahoney –– Transcript\nLee-Anne Quinn –– Transcript / Video\nCredits\nThe Long War: Canada in Afghanistan is a podcast by the Canadian War Museum. \nNarrator: Anna Maria Tremonti \nHistorian: Andrew Burtch\nProducers: Lisa Gabriele and Neil Morrison\nAssociate Producer: Hailey Choi\nMixing: Cameron McIver\nExecutive Producers: Jenny Ellison and Steve McCullough\nText editors: Shannon Moore and Pascal Scallon-Chouinard \nThe podcast cover image shows private Michael Kubis of The Royal Canadian Regiment standing in a cloud of dust moments after the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Panjwaii District, Kandahar, in 2010. Photo: Louie Palu.\nMany voices heard in The Long War come from the Canadian War Museum’s oral history project, In Their Own Voices: Stories from Canadian Veterans and Their Loved Ones. Both of these projects have been generously funded by donors including the A. Britton Smith Family; the Azrieli Foundation; Arthur B.C. Drache, C.M., K.C., and Judy Young Drache; The Royal Canadian Legion; The Legion National...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tN6DF7At9Tq7RLtr2nkw50fjqAjDFwQCurNC1XGZ7Mk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MDEw/NmRkMjEwOGI1ZTJk/NzBjZTBlN2E1YzUz/YTNjMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}