The Fifth Estate

Abandoned in Afghanistan: Canada's Failed Promise (47x9)

Uitzenddatum: Dec 09, 2021

Thousands of former interpreters and military staff (along with their families) who worked with the Canadian Armed Forces have been stuck in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover this summer. They need help to escape. When we interviewed then-Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino in October, he assured us, and most importantly the veterans and volunteers working around the clock to get former interpreters and their families out of Afghanistan, that money was coming to help fund their operations. But no government money has come since that promise. Two months later, the risk for those who fought alongside Canada against the Taliban is as great as ever. Just last week, the Canadian government, along with 20 other countries and the European Union, issued a joint statement expressing concerns over reported killings and enforced disappearances of former members of Afghan security forces that have been documented by Human Rights Watch and others.