Hearing to start Monday on why Canada won't allow aid workers to help in Afghanistan

The Senate's human-rights committee is expected to launch hearings today into why Canada won't allow humanitarian workers to help in a troubled Afghanistan.

Aid groups say Ottawa has told them that paying people in Afghanistan or buying goods there could cause them to be prosecuted under anti-terrorism laws.

However, many of Canada's allies have managed to find ways to help Afghans without aid workers getting charged with supporting the governing Taliban.

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