The current crisis cannot be resolved through military means alone. Canada should focus on a new approach in Kandahar based on immediate food and medical aid, the establishment of emergency local Jirgas to establish political structure in Afghan communities, and the introduction of a science-based search for alternatives to the dominant illegal opium industry that currently holds Afghanistan in its grip.

With a new strategic approach to the Canadian mission in Afghanistan, Canada will be able to bring about a winning strategy, one that can truly be effective in both its military objectives and in its development and reconstruction agenda.




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