Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance arrives at the Panjwaii District Centre for meetings on Aug. 23, 2010 with military and Afghan officials. The commander of Canada's Task Force Kandahar is greeted with back-slapping hugs at a meeting with local officials, in the way Afghan men welcome one another.Inside the meeting, Brig.-Gen. Jonathan Vance listens intently as the local official makes his way through a long list of queries, kudos and complaints.