In September 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Minister of National Defence Art Eggleton advised Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to authorize more than 100 Canadian Forces members serving on military exchange programs in the United States and other countries to participate in U.S. operations in Afghanistan. Eggleton summed up the dominant thinking in the government at the time when he said, "Any Canadian military deployment to Afghanistan may well be similar to a situation in Eritrea and Ethiopia where we went in on the first wave, we helped establish the stabilization, the basis for ongoing peace support operations that would come after ... but then turned it over to somebody else." [citation needed] The operations were aimed at identifying and neutralizing al-Qaeda members in that country, as well as toppling the Taliban regime, which was claimed to be supporting international terrorism.
At the time of the invasion, the Canadian government defined Canada's reasons for participating in the mission Afghanistan as follows:[citation needed]
Forty Joint Task Force Two (JTF2) operators were sent to Afghanistan in December 2001, two months after the Minister of Defense, Art Eggleton, announced that Canada would be sending troops to Afghanistan to aid the removal of the Taliban. (In October 2004, these JTF-2 personnel were awarded the US Navy Presidential Unit Citation as part of Task Force K-BAR, a multinational special-operations task force led by the US Navy SEALs that was deocrated for its operations during the period 17 October 2001 through 30 March 2002.)
In August 2003, the Canadian Forces moved to the northern city of Kabul where it became the commanding nation of the newly formed International Security Assistance Force. Canada dubbed this Operation Athena and a 1,900-strong Canadian task force provided assistance to civilian infrastructure such as well-digging and repair of local buildings.
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At the time of the invasion, the Canadian government defined Canada's reasons for participating in the mission Afghanistan as follows:[citation needed]
Forty Joint Task Force Two (JTF2) operators were sent to Afghanistan in December 2001, two months after the Minister of Defense, Art Eggleton, announced that Canada would be sending troops to Afghanistan to aid the removal of the Taliban. (In October 2004, these JTF-2 personnel were awarded the US Navy Presidential Unit Citation as part of Task Force K-BAR, a multinational special-operations task force led by the US Navy SEALs that was deocrated for its operations during the period 17 October 2001 through 30 March 2002.)
In August 2003, the Canadian Forces moved to the northern city of Kabul where it became the commanding nation of the newly formed International Security Assistance Force. Canada dubbed this Operation Athena and a 1,900-strong Canadian task force provided assistance to civilian infrastructure such as well-digging and repair of local buildings.
\x26#39;54 percent of Canadians
Canadian
Canadian soldiers on patrol
The thousand Canadians
[edit] War in Afghanistan
to Afghanistan, Canadians
Canada`s Afghan War Costs
Poll: Canadians say the war in
Canadian forces in Afghanistan
by the war in Afghanistan
in the hands of Canadians.
(Canadian Press)
Canadians In Afghanistan War
Involvement in Afghanistan
Canadians In Afghanistan War
world post-Afghanistan.
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