Afghan-Canadian

The prosecution in the Shafia case argued that it was Afghan tribal traditional honor that led the Afghan-Canadian businessman to cleanse the shame he felt from his rebellious daughters: Zainab (19), Sahar, (17) and Geeti (13).

Nancy Graham Holm: Honor Crimes Are Cultural, Don't Blame Them On Muhammad Nancy Graham Holm 2012

Honor killings have long held a fascination for Westerners and the quadruple murder committed by three members of the Afghan-Canadian Shafia family amply justified the ghoulish public interest.

Nicole Pope: After the Shafia Verdict Nicole Pope 2012

An Afghan-Canadian who served as translator to Canada’s military levelled potentially explosive allegations at a Commons committee today, saying Canadian troops transferred “innocent” men to Afghanistan’s notorious intelligence service and once shot an unarmed man in the back of the head.

Potentially explosive - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2010

It remains to be seen if the clean-shaven, Afghan-Canadian governor can outmaneuver the powerful Karzai.

Afghan Lawmaker: U.S. Soldiers Raided My Home, Killed My Relative 2010

A former language and cultural adviser to the Canadian Forces said he witnessed at least two instances where innocent people were wrongly labelled as Taliban supporters because Afghan-Canadian interpreters did not understand what had been said.

Peace, order and good government, eh?: November 2009 Archives 2009

Beyond that, things do get murky, and so I turn for guidance to our Afghan-Canadian comrades, and to our friends who have worked in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and intelligent, moral minds 2008

A Canadian soldier was killed Sunday March 16, 2008, by an explosive device while participating in a joint Afghan-Canadian foot patrol in the Zangabad region, in the District of Panjwayi, approximately 35 km South-West of Kandahar City.

Archive 2008-03-01 Military Mom 2008

Beyond that, things do get murky, and so I turn for guidance to our Afghan-Canadian comrades, and to our friends who have worked in Afghanistan.

Daimnation!: Afghanistan and intelligent, moral minds 2008

He was killed by direct fire when a joint Afghan-Canadian dismounted security patrol came under small arms fire from insurgents in the Panjwayi District.

Archive 2008-06-01 Military Mom 2008

Nonsense, says Afghan-Canadian Karim Qayumi, a CASC member and the director of research at the University of British Columbia's divisions of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.

"The honest anti-war position: Support" 2008