"Suspended" Afghan MP Malalai Joya calls for the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops and to let the Afghan people settle their problems on their own. She spoke at the NDP Convention more than three years ago. Olivia Chow helped introduce her at an event in Toronto last week.
So I still don't get it. First, I can't find the NDP policy on Afghanistan on their website. Second, whenever Cdn soldiers are killed, the NDP issues a template news release that does not call for removing Canadian troops. Third, why does the NDP call on negotiations with the "Taliban" when in fact, Canada's "partners" in Afghanistan include the warlords and druglords that make up part of the Karzai government?
It seem that the NDP support Joya, just not her position on immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops.