Planned U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves questions over Canada’s ability to provide international assistance

The security situation in Afghanistan 'will have the effect of us having to reassess all our programming in Afghanistan,' says Chris Kilford, who served as deputy military attaché in Kabul.

U.S. Army soldiers are pictured in 2011 working with Afghan security forces to build stability in Wardak Province in central Afghanistan. The Biden administration has said America's nearly 20-year mission will end in September. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Army/Sgt. Victor R. Everhart

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 12, 2021

With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan by September, instability may follow, which could threaten the ability of the Canadian government to roll out its $270-million international assistance package to the central Asian nation. But that future is still very much in question. The Biden administr...

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