Posted AT 8:53 PM EDT on 07/04/08
Talking to the Taliban: when and why
Talking to the Taliban, the remarkable research series by The Globe and Mail, has revealed many interesting things about Taliban foot soldiers: Their overriding goal is to rid Afghanistan of foreigners. They are not global jihadists – they don't even know Canada is a country, much less have intentions to harm it. Many have lost relatives in aerial bombing. Many have lost their livelihood because of poppy eradication. They want to be included in the governance of their country.
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Earlier discussion
Afghanistan
- The working wounded
- In Afghanistan, Canadians suffering serious injury on scale not seen since Korea
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Lewis MacKenzie
In pictures
- Canadians under fire
- Taliban ambush in Howz-E-Madad
In video
- Becoming one of them
- Videographer Rosa Park spent three days with Canadian troops in Wainwright, Ab. and experienced life as a soldier training for deployment to Afghanistan
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In Pictures:
Faces of Maple Defender
Commentary
- James Laxer It's time to recalibrate Canada's mission
- Which rule of law do we want to restore?
- Lewis MacKenzie
My worst nightmares on Afghanistan
- Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie mocks the Liberal position on Afghanistan
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- Derek Burney
Where do we show resolve, if not Kandahar?
- Manley panel member Derek Burney writes: Canadian blood and treasure earns us the right to help shape better solutions.
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- Jeffrey Simpson
Between the lines of the Manley report
- Implicit in the Manley panel's report on Afghanistan is the apparently incontestable fact that Canada can only field 1,000 fighting soldiers at any moment
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Editorials
- Incompetence in Afghanistan
- Before he embarks on any foreign adventures, Hamid Karzai needs to clean up his own act
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- Bernier does Karzai no favour
- Maxime Bernier did no favour to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he attempts to establish control over his country
- Too much is wasted
- More effective international aid to Afghanistan will help reduce the Taliban's appeal to the next generation of angry young men.
- Let the commission see the evidence
- Mr. Harper should ensure that the military police complaints commissioner receives the documents it needs
- Do not misspeak to the public
- The government should not pretend - again - that what the military does is the military's business, and no one else's
- Gen. Hillier steps out of bounds
- Defence Minister Peter MacKay should haul General Rick Hillier onto the carpet and remind him of the crucial distinction between their respective roles
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- A welcome move to a united motion
- Mr. Harper and Mr. Dion have moved from their earlier intransigence and seem set to present a united front to the world
- A welcome bipartisan tone
on Afghanistan mission - One should never underestimate the capacity of partisan interests to derail even the most promising efforts. Given the global stakes involved here, both sides should resist any such temptation.
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- Van Loan's juvenile slur
- The government's record on this file is one of concealment, denial and the telling of falsehoods
