25 years ago, Canada faced a 'dramatic change' as it headed for war in Afghanistan

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• SourceCastanet Kamloops
• Original URLhttps://castanet.net/edition/news-story-630667-4-.htm
• Canonical URLhttps://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/630667/25-years-ago-Canada-faced-a-dramatic-change-as-it-headed-for-war-in-Afghanistan
• Publish dateSep 9, 2026
• First indexedSep 9, 2026 7:00 am PDT
• Last checkedSep 11, 2026 8:42 pm PDT
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• DescriptionA quarter of a century ago, the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, forced Canadians to quickly wake up to a world that had changed overnight — and to confront a new war which would change everything for Canada's military.

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