Brenton
Canada in Afghanistan
February 18th 2008 22:18
When one talks about countries with interests in Afghanistan, three names came to my mind. Canada, really isn’t one of them.
However a bit of poking around shows they have some considerable involvement. This involvement has increased since the 2001 fall of the Taliban regime. Operation Athena, a battle group in excess of 2000 soldiers, began in July of 2006, based primarily around Kandaha.
As of January 2008, Canada had suffered seventy seven casualties in Afghanistan. As could be expected, this added to growing concerns about Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan. A panel had already been set up in 2007 to address these concerns and assess the value of Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan. The resulting assessment was that it could be best to remain in Afghanistan beyond February 2009, provided certain conditions such as troop number increases and technology advancements were met. It also made a clear assessment that an immediate withdrawal would do more harm than good.
Other Canadian/Afghanistan operation include; Demining, Financial Support, Heavy Weapons Cantonment and Training Operations.
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Bad place to run a war.
British left after failing colonize it.
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I am not sure how long anyone really wants to remain there.
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I would like the idea of a stable Afghanistan but i just don't see it happening soon.
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