Canada should flatly refuse to return troops to Afghanistan

NATO-trained and equipped Afghan security forces are losing the war to a resurgent Taliban.

The last Canadian soldiers to leave Afghanistan in 2014 are greeted by Governor General David Johnston and other dignitaries on the Ottawa airport tarmac.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

May 24, 2017

OTTAWA—On May 25, NATO will host a leaders’ summit in Brussels. At the top of the agenda will likely be the war in Afghanistan. The simple truth is that the NATO-trained and equipped Afghan security forces are losing the war to a resurgent Taliban. That’s right, folks. After 16 years of being...

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