Category Archives: conflict
‘We need your support,’ pleads female Afghan activist once helped by Canada
OTTAWA — The morning after Canada's military withdrew from Kabul, when dozens of Afghans and 13 American military personnel died in the terrorist attack on the city’s airport, a woman named Najiba pondered the darkening future. "My message to the Canad...
Canada’s last military flight to leave Kabul Thursday, as Monsef admonishes Taliban
The Canadian military will end its mission at Kabul airport on Thursday, as Liberal cabinet minister Maryam Monsef sparked controversy by using the term "brothers" to challenge the Taliban to protect those left behind. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan sa...
Biden rejects U.S. extension in Kabul, as Trudeau, G7 leaders extend offers to stay
OTTAWA — While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered Tuesday to keep Canadian military personnel in Afghanistan after Aug. 31, his fellow G7 leaders were not able to persuade President Joe Biden to extend the American deadline for withdrawal. Trudeau, ...
Canadian special forces operating outside Kabul airport to help evacuees: officials
OTTAWA — On the eve of a special G7 leaders' meeting, Canadian officials disclosed Monday the military's special forces are operating outside the closed confines of Kabul's chaotic airport to get people on flights out of Afghanistan. The officials woul...
Trudeau blames Taliban — not bureaucracy — for pace of evacuations from Afghanistan
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau blamed Taliban checkpoints rather than bureaucratic red tape and delays on Wednesday as his government continued to face questions about the pace of Canada’s effort to evacuate hundreds of Afghans from their country. Yet Trudeau...
‘No hope left’: Afghans in Canada who lived under Taliban say regime can’t be trusted
MONTREAL — Quebecer Fakhria Rezaie was seven years old when her family fled Afghanistan and says her memories from life under the Taliban are horrific. Rezaie, 29, says the Taliban's takeover of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998, the city where she grew up
Trudeau says Canadian diplomats out of Afghanistan as fears mount for interpreters
OTTAWA — A 10th planeload of Afghan refugees arrived Tuesday evening in Canada as Justin Trudeau's Liberal government faced fresh criticism and calls for action to save hundreds of former interpreters and their families still stuck in Afghanistan. A go...
Canada commits to help Afghans who have fled as fears mount for those stuck inside
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is promising to resettle 20,000 refugees who have already fled Afghanistan even as months of frustration turn to outright fear over the fate of hundreds of former interpreters and their families still stuck in the
Canada welcomes first of Afghan refugees who supported Canadian military mission
OTTAWA — The first planeload of Afghan refugees who supported the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan has arrived in Canada. The federal government is not saying how many refugees were on board the flight Wednesday or where they'll be resettled in...
Fear, frustration mount over Canada’s plan to rescue Afghan interpreters
OTTAWA — Fear and frustration are mounting over the scope and pace of Ottawa’s plan to rescue potentially thousands of Afghans from the threat of Taliban retaliation for their past associations with Canada. The Liberal government announced last month t...