Canada and the U.S. have a history of cooperation on immigration and asylum. But the results have not always been favourable for those seeking refuge, as with the Safe Third Countries Agreement. NCM reporter Zahra Mahdi reports on the new agreement that will see Canada bring in 5,000 more refugees, but only if they meet certain criteria.
View More New Canada – U.S. Agreement Will Only Assist Afghan Refugees Who Qualify
The Taliban is trying to achieve legitimacy through international recognition of its regime, but its actions — which violate the Doha Agreement with the U.S. — have already garnered the condemnation of the international community.
View More The Taliban Don’t Deserve Diplomatic Recognition
As the desperate situation in Afghanistan evolves, Vancouver-based Afghan journalist, Hamid Safi explores what has changed in the Taliban in the past two decades and the reasons why it was has been able to overtake the country at lightning speed, while also looking ahead at what life might be like for women under the Taliban’s interpretation of Sharia Law.
View More An Afghan Journalist’s Take on Why The Taliban Hasn’t ChangedHer story reads like a movie script. Twenty years ago, Maryam Monsef fled the brutal rule of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and now, two decades later, she has become the first Muslim to be…
View More MP Monsef Proves Afghan Women’s Strength, Ability
Hamid Karzai arrived in Kandahar 13 years ago, as a relatively unknown man ready to topple the Taliban’s stronghold and lead the country towards peace and democracy. As he steps down from his presidency and…
View More On Balance, Karzai Rescued AfghanistanOn March 15, the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa held a day-long symposium on Afghanistan. It was not the first one that I had attended, but probably the best organized and…
View More Afghans remain hopeful about future