Canada should jump back into Afghan security picture

Without deeper involvement in the country, Canada's taxpayer-funded financial contributions to Afghanistan could continue to be embezzled or wasted.

Afghan National Police recruits are given weapons training using AK-47 machine guns as part of their basic policing training at the Regional Training Centre in Kandahar. Photograph by Sergeant Matthew McGregor, courtesy of Canadian Forces Combat Camera

Opinion

BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR

March 22, 2017

Allegations have surfaced that aid funds intended to help Afghan children return to school were embezzled, pointing to large-scale corruption inside the country's education department. Despite a World Bank initiative to establish an international trust fund to minimize corruption, Canada's funds ma...

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