Exiled VP’s return shows why Parliament must revisit Canada’s role in Afghanistan

The Afghan government welcomed ex-warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum back to Kabul last month with open arms.

Abdul Rashid Dostum arrived back in Kabul after 14 months out of the country last month. Photograph courtesy of Tasnim News Agency

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 1, 2018

OTTAWA—On July 21, Afghan media were reporting that First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum would be welcomed back to Afghanistan with a ceremony at the Kabul airport. The official line was that Dostum had spent the previous nearly 14 months in Turkey due to a medical condition, and he has now r...

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