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Conservatives silent on foreign aid to Afghanistan, but cash to Ukraine is safe

OTTAWA — As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promises to cut foreign aid that he says is flowing to “dictators and terrorists,” his office is silent as to whether that includes assistance to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

For more than a year, Poilievre has taken aim at Canada’s foreign aid spending when it comes to questions of how he would finance defence expenditures under a Conservative government should he win the next election.

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