Thousands of people have been scrambling to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized back control of the country, almost two decades after they were ousted by a US-led coalition.
The surge in numbers trying to leave comes on top of the 2.2 million refugees already in neighbouring countries and 3.5 million people left homeless within Afghanistan’s borders as a result of ongoing conflict and political instability.
I’m still trying to grasp an entire nation’s armed forces negotiating its surrender in advance to the “enemy.”
It’s fair to suggest the rank and file of the armed forces were representative of the Afghan people in general though perhaps not its elites.
I am curious to find out if the “Canadian citizens” in Afghanistan were like the “Lebanese Canadians” who used us a passport of convenience.
