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Why Canada cannot afford to shrug off Afghanistan

  • This fall, Canadians will have not one, but two, elections to be concerned about. The latter will take place miles away across the Atlantic
Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | August 23, 2019
Members of the 6 Mobile Strike Force Kandak move into position during their validation exercise at the Consolidated Fielding Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ATTENTION in Sept. 2013. Canadian Armed Forces photograph courtesy of Sgt. James Funk

Why Canada cannot afford to shrug off Afghanistan

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | August 23, 2019
  • This fall, Canadians will have not one, but two, elections to be concerned about. The latter will take place miles away across the Atlantic

Why Canada cannot afford to shrug off Afghanistan

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | August 23, 2019
  • This fall, Canadians will have not one, but two, elections to be concerned about. The latter will take place miles away across the Atlantic
Members of the 6 Mobile Strike Force Kandak move into position during their validation exercise at the Consolidated Fielding Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan, during Operation ATTENTION in Sept. 2013. Canadian Armed Forces photograph courtesy of Sgt. James Funk

Canada must call out Afghanistan’s poor human rights record, seek justice for persecuted minority Hazaras

  • In 1998, at the height of their barbaric rule, the Taliban issued a fatwa, a religious declaration, against the innocent Hazaras of Afghanistan, accusing
Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | May 3, 2018
Right, Ottawa-based Yasir Mehrzad and family at Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. Left, Mr. Mehrzad’s late father, Gulam Sakhi Allahdad, in his obituary photograph. He died in a suicide attack at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan on April 22. Photographs courtesy of Ali Mirzad

Canada must call out Afghanistan’s poor human rights record, seek justice for persecuted minority Hazaras

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | May 3, 2018
  • In 1998, at the height of their barbaric rule, the Taliban issued a fatwa, a religious declaration, against the innocent Hazaras of Afghanistan, accusing

Canada must call out Afghanistan’s poor human rights record, seek justice for persecuted minority Hazaras

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | May 3, 2018
  • In 1998, at the height of their barbaric rule, the Taliban issued a fatwa, a religious declaration, against the innocent Hazaras of Afghanistan, accusing
Right, Ottawa-based Yasir Mehrzad and family at Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. Left, Mr. Mehrzad’s late father, Gulam Sakhi Allahdad, in his obituary photograph. He died in a suicide attack at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan on April 22. Photographs courtesy of Ali Mirzad

The Holocaust of the Hazaras and Canada’s “right side of history” policy

  • In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, when Canada decided to enter the chaotic Afghan war arena, it did so primarily
Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | March 28, 2018
Soldiers during an exercise at the Consolidated Fielding Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Attention on Sept. 2, 2013. Photograph by Sgt. James Funk, courtesy of National Defence

The Holocaust of the Hazaras and Canada’s “right side of history” policy

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | March 28, 2018
  • In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, when Canada decided to enter the chaotic Afghan war arena, it did so primarily

The Holocaust of the Hazaras and Canada’s “right side of history” policy

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | March 28, 2018
  • In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, when Canada decided to enter the chaotic Afghan war arena, it did so primarily
Soldiers during an exercise at the Consolidated Fielding Centre, Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Attention on Sept. 2, 2013. Photograph by Sgt. James Funk, courtesy of National Defence

The stateless refugees of Afghanistan

  • October 7th marked the sixteenth year of the start of the U.S War in Afghanistan—Canada’s role in that conflict began in late 2001. Canada
Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | October 24, 2017
Afghan refugee girls wait at the end of a long line of 150 residents that live in the Farah City District V Refugee Camp to receive donated items sent from the United States and delivered to the camp by the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs Team in 2010. Tracy DeMarco/U.S. Air Force Photo

The stateless refugees of Afghanistan

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | October 24, 2017
  • October 7th marked the sixteenth year of the start of the U.S War in Afghanistan—Canada’s role in that conflict began in late 2001. Canada

The stateless refugees of Afghanistan

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | October 24, 2017
  • October 7th marked the sixteenth year of the start of the U.S War in Afghanistan—Canada’s role in that conflict began in late 2001. Canada
Afghan refugee girls wait at the end of a long line of 150 residents that live in the Farah City District V Refugee Camp to receive donated items sent from the United States and delivered to the camp by the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs Team in 2010. Tracy DeMarco/U.S. Air Force Photo

As Afghan politicians squabble, Afghans die, and Canada looks the other way

  • On July 24, dozens of civilians died as a result of a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack coincided with the first anniversary
Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | July 28, 2017
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland gives a major speech on foreign policy in the House of Commons in June. Adam Scotti photograph courtesy of the PMO

As Afghan politicians squabble, Afghans die, and Canada looks the other way

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | July 28, 2017
  • On July 24, dozens of civilians died as a result of a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack coincided with the first anniversary

As Afghan politicians squabble, Afghans die, and Canada looks the other way

Opinion | BY ALI MIRZAD | July 28, 2017
  • On July 24, dozens of civilians died as a result of a terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attack coincided with the first anniversary
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland gives a major speech on foreign policy in the House of Commons in June. Adam Scotti photograph courtesy of the PMO
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