Is this an election issue?Canada entered the war in Afghanistan in 2001."While in Afghanistan, 158 Canadian Armed Forces members, a diplomat, four aid workers, a government contractor and a journalist lost their lives. Thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members and civilians were also injured—physically and psychologically."By 2011 Canadians had spent $18,500,000,000.00 fighting the Taliban.The Taliban have controlled the country since 2021.Since then Canada has given the Taliban $367,000,000.00 in aid.Is this an election issue?nationalpost.comOttawa urged to slash aid to Taliban-led Afghanistan in Global Affairs internal briefing