While the Canadian military was distracted by efforts to rescue the Afghan Sikhs, the evacuation window dwindled
Kevin Newman is a retired news anchor and investigative reporter for CTV News, ABC, CBC, and Global National.
I had a unique understanding at that time of how rare offers of asylum were. Having retired from a career in journalism, I was volunteering with a group of desperate veterans and refugee advocates in Canada, trying to locate and move Afghans who had served as interpreters for the Canadian Armed Forces during the long war against the Taliban.
“I relayed whatever information provided about the location and status of these Sikhs to the chain of command for it to use as it saw fit, in line with its operational plan on the ground in Afghanistan,” Mr. SajjanYet at the time, he was not simply an adviser to the chain of command, nor just anyone advocating for friends. Mr. Sajjan sat at the very top of the command structure, and was texting co-ordinates in Kabul to senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, and following up on progress.
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