U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (L) welcome Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper at the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 20, 2012. JASON REED/REUTERS
NATO Summit: Canada Won’t Extend Afghanistan Training Mission -- Toronto Star
CHICAGO—Canada is quitting Afghanistan for good once its current training mission ends in early 2014.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper rebuffed weeks of overtures from the NATO military alliance and Washington to have Canada commit more troops to an expanded counter-terror and teaching role in the battle-scarred country. The Conservative leader instead offered a modest sum of money to help pay for Afghanistan’s security forces — a move that will both be welcomed at home and blunt the attacks of opposition parties in the House of Commons.
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My Comment: Harper remains firm on date for leaving Afghanistan -- Globe and Mail
My Comment: As a Canadian .... I concur with this decision.
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