An international think-tank says it found starving children and little evidence that Canadian aid is helping people in Kandahar's main hospital and a sprawling refugee camp.
Ottawa should drastically overhaul how it directs and tracks aid to the volatile southern region of Afghanistan, the Senlis Council said.
"This apparent lack of impact on the suffering of the Afghan people in Kandahar not only neglects our humanitarian obligations," says a report released Wednesday. "It creates a climate that fuels the insurgency and undermines the already dangerous work of Canada's military in this hostile war zone."
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Ottawa should drastically overhaul how it directs and tracks aid to the volatile southern region of Afghanistan, the Senlis Council said.
"This apparent lack of impact on the suffering of the Afghan people in Kandahar not only neglects our humanitarian obligations," says a report released Wednesday. "It creates a climate that fuels the insurgency and undermines the already dangerous work of Canada's military in this hostile war zone."
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Should Canada change its approach to aid in Afghanistan in light of this report?
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