We return to Afghanistan, and to the unfinished work Canada left behind.
Following our current dialog with retired Canadian Forces member Cory Moore, we’re joined by three friends from Aman Lara, a Canadian registered charity engaged on refugee extraction, resettlement and safety.
Jon Feltham, Govt Director of Aman Lara and retired Canadian Armed Forces member
Julia Aitken, Program & Communications Director at Aman Lara
Denis Thompson, Main-Common (Ret’d), former commander of NATO Activity Pressure Kandahar
We study Canada’s response to Afghans who labored alongside Canadian and NATO forces, by the lens of current Federal Court docket choices that spotlight what number of people have been left behind after the autumn of Kabul in 2021.
We focus on:
The fact confronted by Afghan interpreters, contractors, and households nonetheless in hiding
How Canada’s strategy relied on “course of with out a plan”
The bureaucratic gaps between DND, International Affairs, and IRCC
How veterans grew to become de facto evacuation coordinators throughout the 2021 disaster
How Ukraine’s uncapped emergency program contrasted so sharply with Afghanistan
What Aman Lara has achieved (over 7,000 evacuations and 5,800 resettlements) and why the work is way from over
Aman Lara is a registered Canadian charity.
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