Military Ordered to Begin 'Drawdown'

Josh Pringle
Friday, November 6, 2009

The Canadian Forces has started preparing for the end of the Afghan mission.

Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk has ordered preparations to get underway for the “drawdown” of forces in Afghanistan in 2011.

A Defence Department spokeswoman confirms that Natynczky has ordered preparations to get underway that would involve the return of thousands of troops and equipment.

Parliament has mandated the military mission end in 2011.

Canada has 28-hundred soldiers in Afghanistan, along with weaponry and other equipment.