Afstan: Interesting public meeting in Toronto, Saturday, April 17

This might actually be worth the detour; Mr Rae, of all the opposition MPs, can be the most reasonable on the subject (see following "meanwhile" here). From Terry Glavin:

Toronto, Taj Hall, April 17: Ending Afghanistan's Agony and Canada's Paralysis.

TORONTO - Former United Nations’ deputy special representative in Afghanistan Christopher Alexander will join Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic Bob Rae and Najia Haneefi, founder of the Afghan Women’s Political Participation Committee, in a public discussion this Saturday about Canada’s future role in Afghanistan.

Other speakers include Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Canada Jawed Ludin, Toronto coordinator for the Canada Afghanistan Solidarity Committee Babur Malawdin, and journalist Terry Glavin, a Solidarity Committee co-founder.

Macleans magazine columnist Andrew Potter will moderate a panel discussion with Alexander, Rae, Glavin and Haneefi that will focus on Alexander’s seven-point proposal for “ending the agony” in Afghanistan.

More here.

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