Canada plans Afghan withdrawal
But not until 2011.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 11/6/2009
TORONTO (AP) - Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its<
troops from Afghanistan in 2011.
Maj. Cindy Tessier said Friday that the chief of Defense staff,
Gen. Walter Natynczyk, has ordered preparations to get under way
that would see Canada's 2,800 troops removed from southern
Afghanistan in the summer of 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has said it will not
extend Canada's military mission even if President Barack Obama
asks.
Since 2002, 133 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have died.
Canada first sent troops to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001
attacks on the United States and increased its deployment after
declining a U.S. request to dispatch troops to Iraq.
Parliament has mandated that the military mission must end in
2011.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 11/6/2009
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