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In 2008, the CAF leased six Mi-8 helicopters from Skylink Aviation to deliver supplies in<br />
southern Afghanistan. Employees of Skylink, not CAF personnel, flew the helicopters. This<br />
contract was designed to increase the frequency of air supply and thus reduce road casualties<br />
on traditional convoy supply routes. 8<br />
Canada’s signature rehabilitation project, the Dhala Dam in Kandahar province, was contracted<br />
to SNC-Lavelin, who in turn contracted the dam’s security to the now infamous Watan Risk<br />
Management, an Afghanistan private security firm with ties to President Karzai’s family. The<br />
US Army banned contracts with Watan in 2010, and the company’s contracts for the protection<br />
of NATO convoys were terminated that same year (although the contract was later reinstated<br />
94 THE CANADIAN ARMY JOURNAL VOLUME 16.2 2016
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