Saskatchewan soldiers leave Afghanistan better off than they found it .

By Bob By Bob Florence, The StarPhoenix December 12, 2011

As she leaves Afghanistan following her third mission in the country, Master Cpl. Colette Welch of Rosetown has a lasting image. She talks about being there the first time in 2006.
"A gentleman came up to me with two young children, girls around (age) three or four," said Welch, talking by phone one evening from Kandahar. "I'm in my army kit in a country where women are treated very differently. He shook my hand. He had his daughters shake my hand. I assume he wanted his daughters to see what women could do.
"This is the impact we've had, not only on men."...Continue reading...