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Canada's Afghan troop timetable

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The Canadian government will withdraw its troops from front-line operations in Afghanistan by the end of 2011.

Canada has 2,500 troops in and around Kandahar where fighting with the Taleban has been among the fiercest and has lost more than 85 troops so far.

Humphrey Hawksley reports from Vancouver.

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