Tarnak Farms

Tarnak Farms refers to a former Al Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan.

uspects believed to have trained at Tarnak Farms

Home to bin Laden

In 1998, Bin Laden moved his followers from Nazim Jihad to Tarnak Farms following Northern Alliance threats to attack Jalalabad.Testimony of Abdurahman Khadr as a witness in the trial against Charkaoui, July 13 2004]

It was widely reported that a visit to the Tarnak Farms in 2000 represented a rare opportunity to capture or kill the elusive Osama Bin Laden.cite news
url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=313072004
title=CIA missed chance to capture bin Laden in 2000
author=Mark Sage
publisher=The Scotsman,
date=March 18 2004
accessdate=2006-12-30] cite news
url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4540958/
title=Missed opportunities: The CIA had pictures. Why wasn’t the al-Qaida leader captured or killed?
date=March 17 2004
accessdate=2006-12-30
publisher=MSNBC
author=] cite news
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2382919,00.html
title=Watch the video: Osama Bin Laden's HQ
date=October 1 2006
accessdate=2006-12-30
publisher=The Times
author=] cite news
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-524-2382788-524,00.html
title=Focus: Chilling message of the 9/11 pilots
date=October 1 2006
accessdate=2006-12-30
publisher=The Times
author=] cite news
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A59781-2004Feb21
title=Legal Disputes Over Hunt Paralyzed Clinton's Aides
publisher=Washington Post
date=February 21 2004
accessdate=2006-12-30
author=Steve Coll] It was reported that Tarnak Farms was one of bin Laden's homes.

Intelligence Trove

In December 2001 American forces occupied the site. They claim they found a wealth of intelligence. The camp was taken over by the Americans to be used for their training.

April 17, 2002 friendly fire incident

On April 17, 2002, four Canadian soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were killed at this site while conducting a training exercise. Two passing American F-16s had mistaken the live-fire exercise for enemy fire and had dropped a laser guided bomb on the Canadian position.

The names of the soldiers killed are Sgt Marc Leger, Cpl Ainsworth Dyer, Pte Richard Green and Pte Nathan Smith. Eight other soldiers were wounded in the bombing.

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