25 years ago, Canada faced a 'dramatic change' as it headed for war in Afghanistan
Canada deployed more than 40,000 personnel in Afghanistan and lost 159 military members as it adapted to a long counterinsurgency war, officials said.
- Twenty-Five years after the Sept. 9, 2001, terror attacks, Canada reflects on its entry into the Afghanistan War, which marked a dramatic shift from post-Cold War quiet to global combat.
- Canada entered the conflict with an under-strength, under-equipped military that had contracted to around 60,000 personnel after the Cold War, retired general Rick Hillier said.
- More than 40,000 Canadians served during the 12-year war, with 159 military members losing their lives while lacking armored vehicles and helicopters to counter improvised explosive devices.
- Veteran Bruce Moncur said President Donald Trump's January claim that NATO troops stayed "off the front lines" cut deep, noting friends "lost limbs and died" in Afghanistan.
- Professor Justin Massie warns that "there are consequences when you start a war unprepared," questioning whether Canada is now prepared to face Russia in Eastern Europe.
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25 years ago, Canada faced a 'dramatic change' as it went to war in Afghanistan
A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military.
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25 years ago, Canada faced a ‘dramatic change’ as it headed for war in Afghanistan
OTTAWA — A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military. The Afghanistan war, Canada's longest armed conflict, taught harsh lessons — some that Canada learned, others it did not. Soon after the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, Canada stepped out of the quiet decade …
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25 years ago, Canada faced a 'dramatic change' as it headed for war in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military.
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