Trudeau: Canada Will Push for Sanctions Against Taliban at G7 Meeting

Trudeau: Canada Will Push for Sanctions Against Taliban at G7 Meeting
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Aug. 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will push for economic sanctions against the Taliban at the virtual meeting with leaders of the Group of Seven countries on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the G7 meeting to work out a response to the “humanitarian crisis” in Afghanistan, as thousands of civilians try to flee the country after the capital Kabul fell to the Taliban last week.