More than 40,000 of our soldiers served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014. The first 10 years were spend in a combat role as our Soldiers were part of an International Force battling terrorism and helping to bring democracy to that country. 

The last three years were devoted to training Afghan Army and police personnel. 

Canada had "The highest per capita casualty rate among the coalition members. 159 Canadian soldiers died on missions in this theater and another 22 died in non combat circumstances. "