Canada commits more troops to Afghanistan 16.07.2005 Canada's top military officer says Canadian troops will take a more active role hunting down what he has described as the detestable murderers and scumbags of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in southern Afghanistan next year. Canada is boosting its presence in Afghanistan and by next February there will be 1,500 Canadian soldiers in the southern city of Kandahar. General Rick Hillier, the chief of the defence staff, has dismissed fears a more active role for the Canadian military overseas might trigger terrorist attacks in Canada. General Hillier has confirmed Canada's elite commando force will be taking part in the operations in Afghanistan. This week, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced that Australia would send 150 SAS troops to Afghanistan and the Defence Force would examine the possibility of sending a special reconstruction team of as many as 200 more personnel. Australia has one soldier still there after a troop deployment of more than 1,500 in 2001 << | >> |
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