U.S. troops to free up Canadians for rebuilding
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Canadian Forces to focus on ‘reconstruction and development’s; once additional U.S. soldiers arrive in southern Afghanistan
The coming U.S. troop surge around Kandahar city will liberate Canadian troops to focus more of their energies on development programs and training of local Afghan forces, Canadian government officials and experts said.
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to lay out his new Afghan strategy next week, sending another 25,000 to 34,000 troops who are expected to be heavily concentrated in Kandahar, where the Canadian Forces are currently operating.
The reinforcements will be politically useful for the Harper government, which is getting ready to pull out of combat operations in Afghanistan in 2011.
“Canada welcomes the arrival of additional troops, especially in the south of the country,” a Canadian official said. “The increased presence in the south has allowed the Canadian Forces to consolidate their efforts in key districts, and to help Canada focus on its priorities, namely reconstruction and development.”
Full Story U.S. troops to free up Canadians for rebuilding – The Globe and Mail.
OPS: So Canada will do the building and the US will do the Destroying – great.
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