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Task Force Kandahar
Active2005–2011
CountryTask Force Kandahar CanadaTask Force Kandahar USA
AllegianceTask Force Kandahar NATO
RoleCombat operations
Part ofRegional Command South
HeadquartersKandahar Airfield
Commanders
Commander TF 5-10Brigadier-General Dean Milner
Insignia
TF 5-08

Task Force Kandahar (TFK) was the formation conducting the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Kandahar Province under ISAF Regional Command South. When it concluded its mission in summer 2011, the formation included a Canadian Forces battle group, three U.S. Army battalions (two of infantry and one of military police), an engineer regiment, a signal squadron, Operational Mentor and Liaison Teams (OMLTs), and contributions to Operational Mentor and Advisory Teams (OMATs) and the Police Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (P-OMLT).[1]

  1. ^ "Canadian Forces Operations". Retrieved 15 March 2011.

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