The Government of Canada has put together a website that details the 'whole of government' approach our country is employing in our relationship with Afghanistan. It is full to the brim of good information.

I'm particularly glad someone on the public payroll has decided to publicize the Afghanistan Compact. This document, finalized a year ago tomorrow and drawing from the collective participation of a list of nations longer than your arm, has been described as a Marshall Plan for Afghanistan (Stephane Dion, call your speechwriters). Canadians helped the Afghans draft the plan brought to that conference, we helped the Afghans ensure the plan was endorsed and adopted by the international community through the auspices of the United Nations, and in partnership with the nations of the world - including thirty-six others with troops on the ground - we're continuing to help the Afghans implement that plan. Anyone interested in the fate of Afghanistan would be well-advised to review this blueprint before deciding whether the Canadian mission is an appropriate one, which is why I'm pleased that the government is finally telling Canadians about it in a more prominent way.

Within the federal government's overall web-presence on Afghanistan, the CF has put together a site devoted to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. It is also overflowing with little-known information.