A volunteer network of veterans, diplomats, aid workers and journalists sent out a message earlier this week warning Canadians who have been calling people in Afghanistan to "exercise great caution now." Afghan women take part in a protest march for their rights under the Taliban rule in the downtown area of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday. A vendor selling Taliban flags waits for customers along the roadside in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shuvaloy Majumdar has a large network of contacts in Afghanistan from his time leading democracy initiatives in Iraq and Afghanistan. His parents were killed by the Taliban in 2010 while he and his brother were working with the Canadian Armed Forces.

Source: CBC News September 04, 2021 15:56 UTC