# The battle that made Canada bleed: Operation Medusa, 20 years later

https://mins.news/en/item/41631

- CBC News, 2026-09-02 08:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghanistan-war-taliban-canada-battle-medusa-9.7328644?cmp=rss

> Twenty years ago, Canadian soldiers entered a Taliban killing ground west of Kandahar. Operation Medusa became Canada’s largest battle since Korea, a brutal test against a disciplined, entrenched enemy. Canada prevailed, but at a terrible cost, and the fight reshaped both the Afghan war and the lives of those who survived it.