Operation Archer

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Operation Archer is the Canadian Forces contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from February 2006 in the region of Khandahar with around 2,300 personnel. It was preceded by Operation Athena.

The purpose of Operation Archer is the reconstruction of Afghanistan through the establishment of infrastructure, providing security, and assisting in training the Afghan National Army.

1 Casualties
2 Opposition
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Casualties

Canada has suffered 44 fatalities involving soldiers in Afghanistan. A Canadian diplomat and a civilian have also been killed. Canada has suffered the second highest number of fatalities per nation in the Allied Force, behind the United States. ^[1] See main article Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan.

[edit] Opposition

Operation Archer is politically controversial, both among activist groups and ministers of Parliament. On August 31, New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton called for the withdrawal of Canadian troops from the South of Afghanistan, to begin immediately and to be completed by February 2007. He argued that the mission lacked clear objectives and measures of success, and that the counter-insurgency operation is undermining reconstruction in Afghanistan.^[2]