These are children in Kandahar City. The photograph was taken by one of the newest members of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee, Tylere Couture, who works with a Civilian-Military (CIMIC) operation of the Canadian-led Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. We believe in these kids. We believe in people like Tylere.

There are all sorts of people - from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum - who have joined CASC, thereby declaring themselves partisans with the Afghan people and their struggles.

Stan Persky and I engage in a long conversation, here, explaining why we've taken sides in the Canadian debates.