Parliamentary Committee Notes: Operation ALLIED SOLACE

Canada was proud to contribute to NATO's Operation ALLIED SOLACE.

This allied operation focused on evacuating over 1,000 NATO-affiliated Afghan contractors and their immediate families from Kuwait and Qatar to temporary camps in Kosovo and Poland.

During the operation, the Canadian Armed Forces deployed five Afghan-Canadian members to Kosovo, to serve as interpreters and to help resettle NATO-Affiliated Afghans and their immediate families.

Key facts

NATO Operation ALLIED SOLACE: Canada supported NATO efforts to evacuate over 1,000 NATO-affiliated Afghan contractors and their families out of Kuwait and Qatar. This commitment ended in February 2022.

Background

NATO's Operation ALLIED SOLACE

In August 2021, NATO stood up Operation ALLIED SOLACE to airlift over 1,000 NATO-affiliated Afghan contractors and their immediate families from Kuwait and Qatar to temporary camps in Kosovo and Poland. Canada's commitment to Operation ALLIED SOLACE ended in February 2022.

Canada resettled 472 NATO-Affiliated Afghan contractors, inclusive of their families, from the camp in Kosovo.

During the operation, the CAF also deployed five Afghan-Canadian members to Camp Bechtel, Kosovo, to serve as interpreters and help resettle NATO-Affiliated Afghans and their immediate families in Allied countries, including Canada.

Date modified:

2025-02-27