An exclusive video obtained by CTV News shows Taliban fighters in Afghanistan meeting just a few kilometers from Canadian troops, and vowing to fight any NATO forces.

"There is no difference between Canadians, Americans, or British," Mullah Ibrahim Haneefi, a Taliban commander, says in the video.

"When your honour is at stake, there is no difference between the thieves who are breaking into your house."

CTV News obtained the video from an Afghan journalist. It also shows the men running away when they suddenly hear a helicopter passing overhead.

Canadian soldiers are now out in the field in Panjwaii District as part of Operation Baaz Tsuka, or Falcon's Summit.

The military operation is aimed at pushing out the Taliban and leaving Afghan forces behind to secure the areas. So far, there have been no Canadian casualties, unlike the fierce, bloody combat of Operation Medusa in the same area back in September.

But it's often difficult to find Taliban militia members, who use hit-and-run tactics and frequently retreat to neighbouring Pakistan. The rugged terrain is also massive.

"This is a huge area of operations... so there are very likely areas of my area of operations I won't get to in my six month tour here," Maj. Mike Wright, 35, of Oakville, Ont., who is in command of this operation, told The Canadian Press.

"You're always looking for any combat indicators as we go -- an absence of women and children, a whole lot of fighting-age males."

He added that the offensive is so far significantly different from Operation Medusa.

"During Operation Medusa the Taliban played to our strengths by massing together in one big force," said Wright. "Now they disappear among the women and children."

The Pakistan government has promised to crack down on the Taliban by setting land mines along the border area, and boosting its patrol force of 80,000 troops.

Those tactics may only anger the Pashtun tribes-people, who are major supporters of the Taliban and live on both sides of the border.

Afghanistan's own government -- which disputes the border -- is also against the idea. A spokesperson for President Hamid Karzai told The Associated Press that mines will do little to stop insurgent violence.

"Fencing or mining the border is neither helpful nor practical," said Khaleeq Ahmed. "That's why we are against it. The border is not where the problem lies."

With a report by CTV's Murray Oliver and files from The Canadian Press