Former deputy prime minister John Manley spent a week touring Afghanistan, but said he is still "absorbing" the information he has learned and is not yet ready to make any recommendations to Parliament. - Manley, a Liberal who served under former prime minister Jean Chrétien, was chosen by the current Conservative government to lead a five-person committee that will advise Parliament on Canada's role in Afghanistan once the current mission expires in February 2009. - The committee arrived in Afghanistan a week ago and toured through areas including Kandahar, Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif. - "All of us have seen things that have helped us a great deal in the understanding the complexity of this country, and the complexity of the issues facing the international community and facing Canada," Manley told reporters at the airbase in Kandahar on Tuesday night, before leaving Afghanistan on Wednesday. - "But I don't think we're ready to make a...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has broken his silence and responded to the Liberal party's suggested changes on Canada's plan for the Afghan mission. - In a speech late Thursday morning...
John Manley and his advisory group are expected to release a highly anticipated report this week advising Parliament on Canada's role Afghanistan once the current combat mission expires in...
Russia faced increased diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday (August 28), as Russia and Georgia traded harsh words during an open United Nations Security Council...
Canada's military should remain in Afghanistan beyond the current deadline of February 2009, but its presence should be contingent on more support in terms of troops and equipment, according to a...
North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday (June 26), the White House said, a step that will bring the North relief from U.S. sanctions but still leave...
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Libya and South Africa, trying to block the International Criminal Court from indicting Sudan's leader for genocide, want the U.N. Security Council to prevent such a move in a resolution extending...
United States officials have embarked on a tour of West Africa to dealt fears of government of the region about the proposed Africa white command known as AFRICOM. Two officials were in Abuja to...
With violence in Iraq overall at four-year lows, Basra could serve as an example of obstacles the country faces as it edges toward recovery from the turmoil that followed the U.S.-led invasion in...
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