Ombudsman blasts Ottawa's 'inadequate' efforts to help injured Afghan military advisers
The country's military ombudsman says efforts by the Department of National Defence (DND) to get care and treatment for former language and cultural advisers who worked with Canadian soldiers during the Afghan war have been "inadequate or nonexistent."
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![Canadian soldiers help a comrade, center, get on a helicopter after he was injured in an IED blast during a patrol outside Salavat, in the Panjwayi district, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, June 7, 2010. Veterans Affairs has been struggling to process requests for assistance from ill and injured ex-soldiers in a timely manner, with many having to wait more than four months to find out if they qualify. Canadian soldiers carry an injured comrade.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4755955.1697665621!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ns-bodies-found-veterans-20170105.jpg)
The country's military ombudsman says efforts by the Department of National Defence (DND) to get care and treatment for former language and cultural advisers who worked with Canadian soldiers during the Afghan war have been "inadequate or nonexistent."