A lament for Afghanistan

Countries cannot dump tens of thousands of troops into another country and expect they can impose fundamental political, economic, and social change.

The last Canadian soldiers to leave Afghanistan in 2014 were greeted by then-governor general David Johnston and other dignitaries on the Ottawa airport tarmac. Afghanistan represents the largest casualty figures for the Canadian military since the Korean War, writes Gar Pardy.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

August 6, 2021

It is time to begin again our lamentations for the people of Afghanistan.The catastrophic failure of Western policy over the last 50 years is now in its final phase. In a month the last of the tens of thousands of troops from the United States and its supporting allie...

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