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Canadian aid workers in battle zone
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Contributed by World News
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PASAB, Afghanistan -- Canada's government has for the first time posted civilian workers to the Afghan combat zone. The representative of Canada in Kandahar has assigned a woman from the Canadian International Development Agency and a man from Foreign Affairs to the two most violent and perilous districts in Kandahar Province, Zhari and Panjwaii. "I am putting them in a situation where they may be at risk," said Elissa Golberg, who heads Canadian development and governance work in the volatile province of Kandahar. Development officer Lara Romaniuc of CIDA and political officer Andrew Howard from Foreign Affairs are...
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