<P> Canada withdrew the bulk of its troops from Afghanistan in 2011, with the Infantry Battle Group withdrawn by the end of July, and all Canadian Forces personnel and equipment withdrawn from Kandahar by the end of December 2011 . In September 2008, Conservative leader Stephen Harper pledged this, saying a decade at war is enough, after having extended the withdrawal deadline twice already . He acknowledged that neither the Canadian public nor the troops themselves had any appetite to stay longer in the war and said that only a small group of advisers might remain . </P> <P> On 9 December 2010, it was announced that after the end of combat operations in July 2011, Canadian Forces (approximately 950 newly posted specialized personnel) would be posted to the NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan to continue the training of the Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police . Canada's contribution to this mission was dubbed Operation Attention and took place mostly around Kabul with some training occurring at Mazar - i - Sharif . </P> <P> By late 2013 Canada began withdrawing its final soldiers from the training mission . In October the force was down to 650 personnel from over 800 and the withdrawal from Afghanistan was scheduled to be completed by March 2014 . On 12 March the government announced with little fanfare that the mission was formally completed with a flag lowering ceremony held in Kabul . The last 84 soldiers left Afghanistan on 15 March 2014, ending Canada's twelve - year military presence in the country . </P> <P> A key element of Canadian operations in Afghanistan is the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT), one of 25 provincial reconstruction teams throughout the country . A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a unit introduced by the United States government to support reconstruction efforts in unstable states, performing duties ranging from humanitarian work to the training of police and the military . Following NATO's involvement, command of some PRTs was transferred from the US to other nations under the ISAF . </P>

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