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Canadian troops walk on the tarmac after disembarking from a military transport plane at Kabul international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in July 2003. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Hey Trump: Here’s how Canada punched above its military weight in Afghanistan — from someone with a front‑row seat

Eugene Lang, Queen's University, Ontario

When the United States needed Canada in Afghanistan, Canada answered the call, putting the lie to Donald Trump’s latest NATO falsehoods.
The gains made over the past 13 years may be squandered if the troop withdrawal also marks an end to any serious engagement with the country. United Nations Photo

With troops set to withdraw, what’s in store for Afghanistan?

Swati Parashar, Monash University

Afghanistan has a special place in the history of international relations, having tested and endorsed many international power equations over the years. But given the imminent troop withdrawal, serious…
The funeral of Australian soldier Marcus Case, killed in Afghanistan in June. AAP

The unwinnable war in Afghanistan

Ian Bickerton, UNSW

In an interview conducted in Kabul on Monday June 6, perhaps not coincidentally the 67th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day landings, the top US military commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus…

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  1. Afghanistan
  2. Australia
  3. Canadian military
  4. NATO
  5. Osama bin Laden
  6. Taliban
  7. War in Afghanistan

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