Canada in Afghanistan – What Should Canada’s Role Be?

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Priority One: Training and Mentoring the Afghan National Security Forces

• How is Canada Providing Help?– By maintaining a secure environment– Building the capacity of the Afghan National Army

and Police– Supporting complimentary efforts in the area of

justice and corrections

– The ANA will demonstrate an increased capacity to conduct operations

– Sustaining a more secure environment in key districts of the province of Kandahar

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• How is Canada Providing Help?– Building the confidence of Afghans in their own

government– Enabling public officials to assume responsibility

for security, governance and development in Kandahar

– Gaining public confidence in in improving the lives of the Afghans by providing basic needs

– Kandahar’s administration and core ministries of the Afghan government will be better able to provide basic services in key district of the province of Kandahar

– This will mainly be achieved through the distribution and regulation of farmland

Priority Two: Delivery of Basic Needs

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Priority Three: Humanitarian Assistance

• How is Canada Providing Help?– Providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable

people (i.e. refugees, returnees, and internally displaced persons)

– Food and non-food aid for these vulnerable populations

– Clearance of mines and the provision of mine awareness education

– Humanitarian assistance will be accessible to the vulnerable populations in the province of Kandahar and nationwide

– This will be achieved by coordinating emergency assistance from Afghan institutions, allowing access to multiple health services and education, and regulating land released for mining.

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Priority Four: Afghanistan Pakistan Border

• How is Canada Providing Help?– Enhancing border security– Facilitating bilateral dialogue between officials

from Afghanistan and Pakistan– Providing critical infrastructure and equipment in

training border officials

– By 2011, Afghan institutions will exercise stronger capacity to manage the border and foster economic development in the border area, with the cooperation of Pakistan

– This will be achieved by training border officials trained, completion of infrastructure projects, and increased dialogue between the two nations.

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Priority Five: Supporting Democratic Development

• How is Canada Providing Help?– Advancing Afghanistan's capacity for democratic

governance by contributing to public institutions and electoral processes

– Providing technical and financial support for election process, as well a national voters registry

– Providing national institutions/departments with technical expertise, training and mentoring, equipment, and program support

– National, provincial, and local institutions will exhibit an increasing capacity for democratic governance in the deliberation and delivery of public programs, services, and elections

– This will be demonstrated by the ability of Afghan ministries to plan, resource and maintain the delivery of services and to establish budgeting mechanisms

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Priority Six: Political Reconciliation • How is Canada Providing Help?

– Facilitating Afghan-led efforts towards political reconciliation

– Encouraging dialogue amongst Afghanistan and other nations

– Improve Afghanistan's government to communicate with its citizens, especially in the province of Kandahar

– National and provincial Afghan government initiatives will encourage political reconciliation

– Receive timely support from Canada

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Signature Project 1 – Dahla Dam and Irrigation System

• To provide a secure irrigation water supply to the majority of the Kandahar population

• To generate 10,000 seasonal jobs• To foster agriculture by providing

farmers with irrigated land

• What is Canada doing to help? – Investing in replacing generators and

repairing water valves– Supporting the establishment of the

Arghandab Sub-basin water management body

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Signature Project 2 – Education in Kandahar• To build, expand or repair 50

schools in key districts of Kandahar• To deliver core services and

promote economic growth• Enhance the confidence of

Kandahar in their government through educating

• What is Canada doing to help? – Canada is the lead donor to the

Education Quality Improvement Program

– Improving the Government of Afghanistan’s national education strategy in Kandahar

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Signature Project 3 – Polio Eradication

• To provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people

• To eliminate this debilitating disease

• What is Canada doing to help? – Vaccinating seven million

children– Working with WHO and

UNICEF

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