Afghanistan and Canada's Role

Afghanistan and Canada's Role:

If you haven't been following this, check out the series of stories on Canada/CIDA's work in Afghanistan. Its really interesting to see this debate and a valuable read:

In chronological order (oldest at the top)

#1: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/12/canadas-1-5b-afghanistan-aid-effort-divorced-from-reality-according-to-damning-previously-unreleased-documents/ 

#2: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/10/13/jonathan-kay-a-canadian-foreign-aid-insider-explains-our-1-5-billion-afghan-sinkhole/ 

#3: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/10/17/lucas-robinson-cida-is-hardly-a-wasted-enterprise/

 #4: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/10/22/robert-greenhill-our-real-humanitarian-record-in-afghanistan/

If you are even more interested. The following books are fascinating:
Descent into Chaos (a book by Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani journalist)
The long way back (by current MP Chris Alexander and former UN deputy and Canada's ambassador to Afghanistan)
Struggling for Effectiveness: CIDA and Canadian Foreign Aid.
The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar