Afghan mission a ‘great success,’ Harper tells troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR

The Canadian legacy in Afghanistan cannot be properly written for years.

But in the dust of Kandahar on a day in late May when the mid-afternoon temperature topped 40C, Stephen Harper tried to get ahead of history.

As Canadian troops prepare to pivot, moving from a combat role to a training role in two months, the Prime Minister all but declared victory for this mission, both in front of some 500 soldiers at New Canada House, but more passionately to reporters afterward.

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