Prime Minister Stephen Harper: The Taliban

Sayed Shah Sharifi Dept: Ottawa agreed to quickly approve a visa for Sharifi, praised by Canadian troops as a brave comrade who saved lives during combat in the Taliban heartland, after Toronto lawyer Lorne Waldman withdrew a Federal Court case, according to The Star. The breakthrough came after an outcry from Toronto Star readers and Canadian veterans of the Afghan war moved Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month to force Kenney to reconsider Sharifi and scores of other rejected Afghans and vANCOUVER After 19 months trying to reach safety in Canada, Afghan battlefield interpreter Sayed Shah Sharifi is finally being processed for a visa. For months, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney bucked mounting public pressure and refused to rescue Sharifi from Kandahar after Canadian officials decided his claims that the Taliban would kill him for aiding their enemies weren t credible. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.