FILE--Canadian Staff Sgt. Higgins Elliott (right) checks in with Afghan National Police commander Wali Jan Sarhadi at a police substation in Kandahar City, Jan.9, 2008 to ensure things are running smoothly. (CP/Tobi Cohen)
About 50 RCMP and other civilian Canadian police are posted to Afghanistan as part of a mission to train the Afghan National Police. The ANP, as it's known, has had a reputation for roadside shakedowns and graft that Canadian officials hope mentoring, training and supervision will eradicate.
William Elliot Commissioner of the RCMP.
Elliott, who visited Kandahar this weekend to review the Mounties' operations there, said he's seen indications from the government that it wants the training to plow on once combat soldiers ship out starting in July 2011.
I expect that that will continue, he said of the police mission.
Canada's Mounties are well respected around the Globe.
In conjunction with various Municipal and Provincial police officers they have an excellent training record. In a very hostile environment. Well done CANADA.
WW1 soldiers remembered in Belgium:
The new memorial plaque for the 48th Highlanders of Canada was unveiled Saturday in a commemorative park located on Gravenstafel Ridge in Saint Julien, Belgium. (Lindsay Isaac/CBC)The 48th Highlanders of Canada were honoured as a new memorial plaque was unveiled in Belgium Saturday to commemorate the Second Battle of Ypres in the spring of 1915.
Bagpipers played a lament as crowds gathered on Gravenstafel Ridge to honour fallen soldiers.
Canadians played a significant combat role in Belgium during the First World War and faced a new weapon while defending the town of Ypres from German attack during the 34-day campaign poisonous chlorine gas.
Soldiers from the 48th Highlanders became the first casualties during the battle. More than 2,000 Canadian soldiers died in the first 48 hours of battle. In all, the Canadian casualties numbered 6,035.
Heroic soldier's from the past and Heroic Mounties from the present. Canada Serves the World.
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