I’ve met the leaders of today, and tomorrow, and they’re in Afghanistan looking for support to help bring peace and stability to the nation

I will continue to do the same.

Then Afghanistan's minister of interior Hanif Atmar, centre, pictured on May 3, 2010, with Brig.-Gen. Anne MacDonald at a NATO training mission along with other officials.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/U.S. Navy photograph

Opinion

BY MELADUL HAQ AHMADZAI

July 1, 2019

OTTAWA—When I was just out of high school in 2013, I had the opportunity to meet and sit down in a hotel conference room in Ottawa with Afghan leader Hanif Atmar. At the time, he had held several positions within the Afghanistan government including education minister, interior min...

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