Chicago, Illinois - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today confirmed
that Canada's military mission in Afghanistan will come to a firm and
final end once the current training mission concludes on March 31, 2014.
The Prime Minister made the announcement at the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) Summit in Chicago.

"For more than a decade, the brave men and women of our Canadian
Armed Forces, the RCMP, and many dedicated public servants and civilians
have made enormous sacrifices to assist the Afghan people," said the
Prime Minister. "Canada will honour its commitment and complete its
current training mission but our country will not have any military
mission in Afghanistan after March 2014..."