Canadians question Afghanistan strategy

Toronto Star

Canada is on the way out of Afghanistan - or at least out of the battle zones in that country's south.

This is not official. It has certainly not been announced. But both the governing Conservatives and now the Stephane Dion Liberals are signaling that this is where they intend to go.

The Liberals, originally the architects of Canadian involvement in Afghanistan, have become, under their new leader, some of its harshest critics.

"(Trying to) kill the Taliban in every corner of the mountains doesn't work," Dion said on Monday. "So we will try to propose to the government an approach that makes sense." Read more