I left that country thinking perhaps a miracle could still happen, but obviously the cancer, which started out six months ago is now terminal cancer.

It's the first time they've seen this many soldiers on a foot patrol through those mountains.

They say it's one Afghan at a time.

The troops here are suggesting that Canadians should become more informed on the situation.

He is just one of a million children there, and that is a boy who has put an Afghan face on Canada's mission in the country. I think it's important for people to realize that that's why the Canadian forces are there, to try to restore some of the things that take for granted in the western world.