Canada to Aid Afghanistan After US Troop Withdrawal Next Month, Minister Says

Afghans wait inside the passport office in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 30, 2021. Afghans are lining up by the thousands at the Afghan Passport office to get new passports, possibly to leave, uncertain what tomorrow will bring as they witness the final withdrawal of the U.S. military and its NATO allies. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

Ottawa will continue sending humanitarian and development assistance to Afghanistan after the United States completes its troop withdrawal from the country next month, International Development Minister Karina Gould says.

U.S. President Joe Biden said last week the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end Aug. 31, nearly 20 years after the United States and its allies took down the Taliban government in Kabul.