Early this week, the key players in the War in Afghanistan began discussing the possibility of engaging the moderate groups of the diverse ‘Taliban’, with a power-sharing structure in the Afghan Government.This will surely be a critical issue in the up-coming NATO summit. The idea is that the war on the ground can be moved [...]
Today we bring to you another piece that explores why Canada is in Afghanistan. Lauren van den Berg writes convincingly that political preferences towards a U.S. platform played a larger role than some might think in making the decisions to enter and stay in Afghanistan. Read, think and comment. We’d like the thank Lauren for her diligence and hard [...]
Journalist and Democracy Now! correspondent, Jeremy Scahill has written a very informative article on the true numbers of American personnel in Afghanistan. Scahill asserts, with statistics to reinforce his argument, that President Obama has “picked up the Bush-era war privatization baton and sprinted with it”. There is an estimated 121, 000 American contractors in Afghanistan [...]
In today’s Globe and Mail, Patrick White, the Globe’s correspondent in Afghanistan brings us a great article that looks at the legacy of Kandahar province. July 2011 is not all that far away, and it’s high time to start considering what has happened, what is happening and what will happen in the province. Give it [...]
This article comes from the Canadian Air Force. It is called “Above & Beyond: Canadian Helicopter Force, Afghanistan” and was written by Major Jonathan Knaul. It provides a sober look at what goes through a pilots mind in his day to day duty of Afghanistan. Please read and share it.
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Choice and IEDs: What Goes Through a Soldier’s Head on Patrol and Why
I was asked to submit an article about my experiences in Afghanistan to this website because of a speech I gave about Afghanistan at a dinner in 2008. My experiences are diverse, and I had difficulty deciding what [...]
November 4th, 2009
Blog 1
The premise of this blog is to shed light on the men, woman and children who are on the home front during Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. I do not intend to force ideals or opinions upon you but rather to inform you from a different perspective. My name is Crista Collins and [...]
To address the question of why we are still in Afghanistan, the directors of Learn the Facts asked five contributors to argue for a certain viewpoint to explain Canada’s participation in the ongoing war: security, diplomacy, alliances, development or ‘I don’t know.’ The following does not reflect the personal views of the author or those [...]
To address the question of why we are still in Afghanistan, the directors of Learn the Facts asked five contributors to argue for a certain viewpoint to explain Canada’s participation in the ongoing war: security, diplomacy, alliances, development or ‘I don’t know.’ The following does not reflect the personal views of the author or those [...]
To address the question of why we are still in Afghanistan, the directors of Learn the Facts asked five contributors to argue for a certain viewpoint to explain Canada’s participation in the ongoing war: security, diplomacy, alliances, development or ‘I don’t know.’ The following does not reflect the personal views of the author or those [...]
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