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No Extension Seen For Afghan Mission

December 12 2008

Canada

Canada is not expected to extend its mission in Afghanistan beyond 2011, although the U.S. would welcome such a move, All Headline News reports.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been pushing for Canada tro keeps its forces in Afghanistan.

However, both Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and Defense Minister Peter MacKay issued separate statements saying, "Parliament has decided that our mission there ends in 2011."

Nearly 3,000 Canadian soldiers are...

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