Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan before a meeting with Indian officials in New Delhi on April 18. In a Facebook post, Sajjan says he made a mistake by describing himself as the architect of Operation Medusa during a speech in India. ( MONEY SHARMA / AFP/Getty Images )OTTAWA—Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has formally apologized for embellishing his role in a key Afghan offensive even as evidence emerged that he had made the false claim before. At the time of Operation Medusa, Sajjan was a major, serving as an intelligence officer. “My comments were in no way intended to diminish the role that my fellow soldiers and my superiors played in Operation Medusa,” Sajjan said last week.

Source: thestar April 29, 2017 17:37 UTC