When asked to rate the importance of ten issues, respondents overwhelmingly focused on the environment. “The right to clean water” (91%) and “global warming” (86%) were chosen most often as “very important” topics for leaders to discuss, followed closely by “food security and hunger” (85%) and “global peace and nuclear disarmament” (77%).
Stay in Afghanistan: Senate committee
The Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence has recommended that Canada remain in Afghanistan following the scheduled end of the mission in Kandahar …
Children continue to suffer as the war in Afghanistan drags on
“Aerial attacks, land mines and forced suicide bombings are only a few of the devastating consequences of the war in Afghanistan increasingly affecting the country’s …
America's "Other War" exceeds Vietnam conflict in length
The war in Afghanistan, dubbed America’s “Other War”, is now the longest war in U.S. history, “surpassing the conflict in Vietnam. 103 months passed between …
Help stop "a summer of bloodshed"
Dear Ceasefire.ca supporters – This is an urgent alert to inform you of new developments in Afghanistan, and to ask for your help to avert …
Happy talk watch: Afghan insurgency losing momentum
“We are heading in the right direction in Afghanistan,” U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy told the Senate Armed Services Committee on 15 …