In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the American declaration of a War on Terror , approximately 40 JTF2 soldiers were sent to southern Afghanistan in early December 2001 to be part of Task Force K-Bar , under the command of Captain Robert Harward . The Canadian public was not informed of the deployment . However , in Sean M. Maloney 's book '' Enduring the Freedom '' , it was reported that JTF2 was secretly deployed without Prime Minister Jean Chrétien 's permission in early October 2001 . Under Task Force K-Bar , JTF2 worked extensively with the 3rd Special Forces Group ( United States ) ; one of their first missions in Afghanistan was what Harward described as " the first Coalition Direct action mission since the Second World War . " The joint operation with a team of Green Berets targeting a Taliban command node almost ended in disaster when a Chinook carrying JTF2 operators was forced to make a hard landing near the target site . While serving with Task Force K-Bar , Harward also stated that the JTF2 team under his command was his first choice for any direct action
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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