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Afghan woman shot in the face settles into life in Canada, after being rejected by U.S.

22nd March, 2018 · admin

CBC: Shakila Zareen praises Canada for accepting her as a refugee after the U.S. turned its back – Zareen was 17 years old when she said her brother-in-law forced her to marry a man many years older. She said the abuse started on her wedding night and continued for months. “From right then and there, he began

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Posted in Afghan Women, Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Domestic Violence |
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Why Afghanistan’s ambassador to Canada (Shinkai Karokhail) was called home

4th August, 2017 · admin · 1 Comment

Macleans: Amidst claims of a ‘fake’ dispatch to Kabul, a ‘conspiracy’ against her and a staff revolt, the ambassador was recalled and may not return to Ottawa.  In recent months, Ghani’s government has been subjected to withering criticism over what his critics have called the “Pashtunization” of his administration, and the political leaders of the country’s

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Corruption, Ethnic Issues | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Pashtunization, Pashtuns, Shinkai Karokhail |
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Canadian PM Defends Apology, Multimillion Dollar Payout To Former Guantanamo Prisoner

9th July, 2017 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 9, 2017 The Canadian prime minister defended the government’s apology and multimillion-dollar payment to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Justin Trudeau on July 8 said the deal was not about the merits of the case against Canadian-born Omar Khadr but

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Human Rights, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Torture |
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Canada to Apologize, Pay Former Gitmo Prisoner Omar Khadr

4th July, 2017 · admin

AP: The Canadian government is going to apologize and give millions of dollars to a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15, with Canada’s Supreme Court later ruling that officials had interrogated him under “oppressive circumstances.” Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Al-Qaeda, Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Human Rights | Tags: Omar Khadr, Torture |
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The answer that took days: Monsef used her Afghanistan passport for 2014 Iran visit

27th October, 2016 · admin

National Post: Maryam Monsef, the Trudeau government’s minister for democratic institutions, visited Iran in 2014. We know this because the minister herself talked about that visit in a profile written by Le Devoir Ottawa bureau chief Helene Buzzetti and published in that newspaper back in May. Click here to read more  (external link).

Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Other News | Tags: Maryam Monsef |
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Maryam Monsef could be stripped of citizenship under the Canadian law

28th September, 2016 · admin

Khaama Press: Hailed as Canada’s first Afghan-born member of parliament, the Canadian Minister Maryam Monsef could be stripped of her citizenship or deported for misrepresentation of birth place which was earlier believed to be Afghanistan. According to the local media reports, the step could be taken without hearing under the citizenship laws brought in by the previous

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Other News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Maryam Monsef |
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Maryam Monsef confirms she was born in Iran, not Afghanistan

23rd September, 2016 · admin · 1 Comment

cbc.ca: Maryam Monsef, Canada’s minister of democratic institutions, was compelled to explain on Thursday morning that she was not born in Afghanistan, as previously believed. As first reported by the Globe and Mail, Monsef recently learned that she was born in Iran.  “In recent days, my mother told me for the first time that my sisters and

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Other News | Tags: Maryam Monsef |
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Taliban Tell VOA Western Couple Held Captive In Good Health

31st August, 2016 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 31, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban confirmed to VOA Tuesday it has been holding a Canadian man, his American wife and their two children hostage, saying the insurgent group is waiting for the U.S. and Canadian governments to meet its demands. Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, in a video

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kidnapping, prisoners, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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US examines Taliban video of kidnapped couple

31st August, 2016 · admin

Press TV August 31, 2016 The US State Department is reportedly evaluating a video released by the Taliban in Afghanistan that shows a Canadian man and his American wife warning that they will be killed unless their captors’ demands are met. John Kirby, the US State Department spokesman, made the announcement in a press briefing

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Kidnapping, prisoners |
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Pakistan’s Military Official State Sponsor of Taliban Insurgency: Ex-Envoy

11th June, 2016 · admin

Tolo News: Former Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan Chris Alexander has said the Pakistani military is the official backer of the Taliban and Haqqani network. Alexander, who has also served as deputy head of UNAMA, said that Pakistan clearly supports the Taliban and Haqqani terror network and that the world must not underestimate Pakistan’s backing of the insurgent

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Posted in Canada-Afghanistan Relations, Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban |
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