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Maj Peter St. Denis patrols the Panjway District, Afghanistan.
Canada’s priorities
By Government of Canada
For the next three years, Canada will
focus on a targeted set of objectives in
keeping with proven Canadian strengths and
consistent with Afghan objectives and the
efforts of the international community.
The first four priorities focus primarily on
Kandahar. Canada will help the Government
of Afghanistan to: maintain a more secure
environment and establish law and order by
building the capacity of the Afghan National
Army and Police, and supporting complementary
efforts in the areas of justice and
corrections. provide jobs, education, and
essential services, like water.
• Provide humanitarian assistance to people
in need, including refugees.
• Enhance the management and security of
the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Nationally, Canada will help:
• Build Afghan institutions that are central
to our Kandahar priorities and support
democratic processes such as elections.
• Contribute to Afghan-led political reconciliation
efforts aimed at weakening the insurgency
and fostering a sustainable peace.
As Canada transforms its engagement in
Afghanistan, our Kandahar-focused programming
will comprise up to 50 percent of
our total effort, and more and more funding
will be directed toward efforts to benefit the
people of that province.
Reproduced with permission of the
Government of Canada. Source: www.
afghanistan.gc.ca.
SPECIAL REPORT: AFGHANISTAN
CPL ANDREW SAUNDERS, TFK PA IMAGERY TECH
By Government of Canada
One of Canada’s six priorities
for moving forward
on Afghanistan is to
help strengthen the Afghan
government’s institutional
capacity to deliver core services
and promote economic
growth, enhancing the confidence
of Kandaharis in their
government.
Building the confidence
of Afghans in their own
government is crucial to
enabling their public officials
to assume responsibility
for security, governance, and
development in Kandahar.
Gaining public confidence
will depend on the Afghan
government’s ability to
deliver essential services and
make perceptible improvements
in the lives of Afghans.
Schools, accessible water
and sanitation, electricity,
health, and job creation are
cited by Kandaharis as their
most pressing needs.
Canada will invest up to
$210 million* over the next
three years toward helping the
Afghan government deliver
basic services such as:
• Education;
• Vocational training;
• Roads;
• Job creation for Afghans,
including promoting agricultural
production and
providing access to credit
for entrepreneurs; and
• Repairing infrastructure
for irrigation and
potable water.
Two signature projects will
be prominent among Canadian
investments in the
province of Kandahar. In the
first, Canada will support the
urgent rehabilitation of the
province’s main water source
—the Dahla Dam (up to $50
million*)—and its irrigation
and canal system, thus generating
seasonal jobs and promoting
agriculture.
The second signature project
will involve building,
expanding or repairing 50
schools in Kandahar over the
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Delivery of basic services
next three years (up to $12
million*). As a result, children
in key districts of the
province will have increased
access to schooling.
Canadian objectives for
2011. Canada expects that by
2011 Kandahar’s provincial
administration and core ministries
of the Afghan government
will be better able to
provide basic services in
key districts of the province
of Kandahar.
Progress will be measured
using indicators such as:
number of hectares of land
benefiting from improved
irrigation and water management;
schools built, repaired
or expanded; teachers trained;
infrastructure projects implemented;
and seasonal jobs
generated.
*Allocations are subject
to adjustments, in response
to changes in the complex
Afghan environment.
Reproduced with permission
of the Government of
Canada. Source: www.
afghanistan.gc.ca.
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