Trudeau Joins G20 Leaders in Pushing Taliban for Aid Access, Respect for Rights

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes questions after announcing that Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig have been released from detention in China, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sept. 24, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—Canada joined its G20 allies in pushing Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers to allow humanitarian aid to better reach the country’s suffering people.

During a virtual summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow G20 leaders discussed the crisis in Afghanistan created by the Taliban rout of Kabul’s Western-backed government.