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25 years ago, Canada faced a ‘dramatic change’ as it headed for war in Afghanistan
Canada deployed more than 40,000 personnel in Afghanistan and lost 159 military members as it adapted to a long counterinsurgency war, officials said.
- Twenty-Five years after the Sept. 9, 2001, terror attacks, Canada reflects on its entry into the Afghanistan War, which marked a dramatic shift from post-Cold War quiet to global combat operations.
- Canada entered the conflict with an under-strength, under-equipped military that had contracted to around 60,000 personnel after the Cold War, with retired general Rick Hillier noting forces were "not ready for operations quite literally anywhere in the world."
- More than 40,000 Canadians served during the 12-year war, with 159 military members losing their lives while struggling without armored vehicles, helicopters, and proper equipment to counter improvised explosive devices.
- Veteran Bruce Moncur said President Donald Trump's January claim that NATO troops stayed "off the front lines" caused deep distress, noting "I had friends that lost limbs and died" serving in Afghanistan.
- Professor Justin Massie warns "there are consequences when you start a war unprepared," questioning whether Canada is prepared to face adversaries like Russia in Eastern Europe as military numbers remain depleted.
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25 years ago, Canada faced a ‘dramatic change’ as it headed for war in Afghanistan
OTTAWA — A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military. The Afghanistan war, Canada's longest armed conflict, taught harsh lessons — some that Canada learned, others it did not. Soon after the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, Canada stepped out of the quiet decade …
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25 years ago, Canada faced a 'dramatic change' as it headed for war in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - A quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 9, 2001 forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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