Bloc Québécois Wants Investigation Into Military Rescue Mission of Afghan Sikhs

Published on July 2, 2024

Bloc Québécois MPs are calling on the federal government to open an investigation into an attempted rescue mission of Afghan Sikhs during the fall of Kabul, which was launched at the request of then-Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. “As the situation was critical in August 2021 … the thought the minister of Defence would have wilfully decided to abandon Canadians or Afghans having helped Canada to prioritize other religious or ethnic groups is revolting,” wrote Bloc MPs Christine Normandin and Stéphane Bergeron in a June 28 letter. The letter asking for an investigation is addressed to Defence Minister Bill Blair and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly....

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