Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I just wanted to pick up on something that was said in the previous panel. As long as counter-insurgency is the focus of the military engagement, it would be wrong to say that security is being provided. What we're advocating for is to do just that: use military assets to p

Foreign Affairs committee  It's very important to distinguish between the Taliban we saw from the early nineties to 2001, and what we see today as an insurgency. The Taliban you saw in the early nineties were more cohesive, they had stronger support from outside, and the enemy they were facing was a loose

Foreign Affairs committee  I apologize, but my French is not very good. So I will reply in English. If you look at the different groups engaged in the insurgency, the incentives or motives they have are very diverse. Some are in this because of very localized grievances, others need to create insecurity

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. Members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Stefan Lehmeier. I am the coordinator of the peace operations working group of the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee. Before I begin with my presentation, I would like to inform