Afghan mission will prompt NATO reform - Canada minister
The Star Saturday 2nd June, 2012
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The NATO alliance will emerge strengthened from its decade-long mission to crush Taliban militants in Afghanistan with a general will to reform the 28-nation bloc, Canada's defence minister said on Saturday. Peter MacKay, in an interview with Reuters, said both Canada and NATO had learned tough lessons about counter-insurgency during their efforts to maintain stability after the removal of the Taliban from power in 2001. He ...
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