Canadian PM Harper makes speech at UN in New York
Thursday, September 21, 2006 Canadian PM Stephen Harper made a speech at the UN General Assembly today in New York. He talked about Canada’s role in Afghanistan. Canada has 2,300 soldiers in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, scene of a series of major clashes with the Taliban. Twenty Canadians have died in Afghanistan in the last three months alone, 36 soldiers and a diplomat have died since 2002. “Let us be realistic. The challenges…