Definition (What is this Canadian Mission)

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Canada is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an interdependent alliance between different countries in Europe and in North America. This organization's purpose is that if another ally country is under military conflict, the others must (more or less) defend it against the enemy. That is called mutual defence. In fact, on September 11th 2001, the United States was victim of a terrorist attack (also known as 9/11) by Taliban forces in Afghanistan. They succeeded to crash American airplanes into the "twin towers", killing thousands of people. By following the convention, Canada and other NATO countries are sending troops to help the Americans get rid of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and to rebuild it. Presently, Canadian soldiers are using military force to seek and eliminate these extremists. As for rebuilding the country, Canada planned to provide the Afghan population with food and different services to try and make their situation better .They will also help rebuild infrastructures. However, we think that this is not the right mission for Canada for many reasons that will be told in the following text.