Aid shipment to Afghanistan cancelled due to Canadian anti-terrorist law

Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canada-based aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban.

World Vision says it has been forced to cancel a large shipment of “therapeutic food,” which it said could have fed around 1,800 children.

Asuntha Charles, World Vision Afghanistan’s national director, said the country is facing a dire humanitarian crisis and the shipment of food had to be cancelled because of “unnecessary restrictions.”

Canada passed a law in 2013 listing the Taliban as a terrorist organization and creating penalties of up to 10 years in prison if Canadians