A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the Taliban government in Afghanistan was freed Sunday after over two months of ...

As a former elite soldier with the Canadian military, David Lavery is trained to stay calm while confronting danger. But it ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is 'safe' in Qatar — months after a ...

The multinational brigade is composed of up to 3,500 soldiers from 14 NATO countries — including roughly 1,500 Canadian Armed ...

David Lavery, who is well known for helping Afghans flee to Canada, was freed after nearly three months of detention ...

DOHA, Jan 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the Taliban government in Afghanistan was freed on Sunday ...

But while the Taliban had not troubled him in the past, when he landed at Hamid Karzai airport on the morning of Nov. 11, ...

Retired Canadian soldier David Lavery, who made it his life’s work to help allies in Afghanistan escape Taliban rule only to ...

They were the eyes and ears of Canadian soldiers on the ground in the Afghanistan war, but a decade on many are still hitting a wall of bureaucracy as they try to access the kind of health benefits ...

Cultural advisers who volunteered to help the Canadian Forces during the Afghan war were assured they would be working from the relative safety of offices at military installations. Instead, the ...

It was -20C (-4F) in Ottawa on the night of Feb. 1, one of the most bitterly cold days in Canada’s winter of discontent.

the former Canadian soldier was detained in Kabul on Nov. 11, 2024 — Remembrance Day. The Canadian government contacted the government of Qatar for assistance securing Lavery's release. Qatari ...