VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT TO AID AFGHAN ALLIES WHO COME TO CANADA

An organization counting retired military officers and diplomats among its ranks is looking for volunteers to welcome and help integrate any former Afghan interpreters and their families who end up being evacuated to Canada. The call to arms from the Conference of Defence Associations Institute comes in anticipation of the federal government rescuing dozens of Afghans who are now facing Taliban arrest or worse for having worked with Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the government is working furiously to approve the humanitarian effort, yet the government has so far failed to produce a plan in the face of Taliban advances across much of Afghanistan, including Kandahar, where Canada spent years fighting the group.