Traditional items are being sold during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' is marking the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items are being sold during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' is marking the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Goldfish are being sold during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' marks the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items are adorning a Haft Sin (Haft Seen), an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi, during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' is marking the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items are adorning a Haft Sin (Haft Seen), an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi, during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' is marking the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items are adorning a Haft Sin (Haft Seen), an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi, during Nowruz celebrations in Richmond Hill, Canada, on March 13, 2025. Nowruz, which means 'new day,' is marking the first day of Spring and is also being celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items adorn a Haft Sin (Haft Seen) (an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi) displayed during the Nowruz Bazaar (Persian New Year market) during Nevruz celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items adorn a Haft Sin (Haft Seen) (an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi) displayed during the Nowruz Bazaar (Persian New Year market) during Nevruz celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Decorative hand-painted plates displayed during the Nowruz Bazaar (Persian New Year market) during Nevruz (Persian New Year) celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Traditional items adorn a Haft Sin (Haft Seen) (an arrangement of seven symbolic items that all begin with the letter S in Farsi) displayed during the Nowruz Bazaar (Persian New Year market) during Nevruz celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Iranian women serve tea from large samovars at a Persian tea house during Nevruz (Persian New Year) celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Iranian women serve tea from large samovars at a Persian tea house during Nevruz (Persian New Year) celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Iranian women serve tea from large samovars at a Persian tea house during Nevruz (Persian New Year) celebrations in Toronto, Canada, on March 01, 2025. Nevruz (Norooz, Nourooz, Newroz, Nowruz) which means 'new day' marks the first day of Spring, and is also celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bashkortostan, Bahrain, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as well as among various other Iranian and Turkic peoples in Iraqi Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, India, northwestern China, the Caucasus, the Crimea, and the Balkans. (Footage by Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Nila Ibrahimi, 17, who narrowly escaped after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan three years ago, on Tuesday November 19 won the prestigious KidsRights Prize for her fight for women's rights (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Calm waves rolling into shore

This footage was filmed and produced 13 August 2023. Dozens of Afghan people rallied in downtown Toronto on Sunday, August 13, to advocate for the rights of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban. According to the protesters, the Taliban regime is brutalizing women in Afghanistan. The demonstrators, who gathered in Queen's Park, held placards that read 'The world's indifference to the crimes of the Taliban against the heterogeneous people of Afghanistan, Especially women, is Shameful.' and 'Co-operation with the Taliban is a crime against humanity.'

Canadian and US soldiers attend a memorial service for Sergeant Martin Goudreault at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar city on June 8, 2010. Goudreault was killed by a roadside bomb on June 6, 2010 while on patrol in the troubled southern Afghan city, bringing to thirteen the number of NATO soldiers killed in two days in Afghanistan, one of the deadliest bouts for the alliance this year. Kandahar Afghanistan (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Kidnapped Canadian-American family freed in Pakistan gun battle after 5 years of captivity Joshua Boyle, 34, and Caitlan Coleman, 31, had three children in the captivity of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network / Boyle told his parents Thursday he was injured in the gun fight that secured his family’s rescue.

Canadian and US soldiers attend a memorial service for Sergeant Martin Goudreault at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar city on June 8, 2010. Goudreault was killed by a roadside bomb on June 6, 2010 while on patrol in the troubled southern Afghan city, bringing to thirteen the number of NATO soldiers killed in two days in Afghanistan, one of the deadliest bouts for the alliance this year. Kandahar Afghanistan (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

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Chaos outside Canadian embassy in Kabul, as Afghans show up hoping to get a visa so they can leave Afghanistan after Taliban takeover, but the embassy is already evacuated (BBC News 10pm Bulletin - 19/08/2021 - AEXZ288W)

Saddam Hussein weapons warning; POOL CANADA: EXT Jean Chretien (Canadian Prime Minister) speech SOT - would like to thank President for skill you showed in rallying the world against ehe terror network of al-Qaida GV Audience applaud Chretien & George W Bush (US President) along MS & BV Lorry along at US-Canadian border past new security measures, as watched by Chretien and Bush US President George W Bush speech SOT - along with Canada we have some of finest troops in world, who hunt down al-Qaida terrorists in Afghanistan to make sure we can better secure our countries LMS & CMS Bush delivering speech US President George W Bush speech SOT - realise we have become a battlefield/ have to confront those foes/ have no choice but to confront the threats head on MS Bush shakes hands with Chretien PULL OUT

TIRANA, ALBANIA - SEPTEMBER 01: Afghans who escaped from the Taliban and took refuge in Albania want to go to the US or Canada for a new life. After the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country, Afghans who worked for the US-backed coalition, the ousted Afghan government, international organizations and the anti-Taliban media have left their country to save their lives or for a better life. Albania, the first of the Balkan countries to grant temporary asylum to Afghans whose final destinations are the US or third countries, began to host hundreds of Afghans who came in convoys. The first convoy arrived in the country on Aug. 27 and the government authorities have settled the Afghans in the cities of Durres and Lesh, as well as some student hostels in the capital Tirana. Aziz Kosan, who had worked as a researcher at a non-governmental organization in Afghanistan, is one of the Afghans who took refuge in Albania with his wife. “Afghans who escaped from the Taliban and took refuge in Albania want to go to the US or Canada for a new life. I was training young Afghan women on how to write a research paper on how to participating in policy, policymaking, policy discussions. I was working with the Afghan government as well for a few years in the field of security and defense,” he said. On the process to immigrate to the West, he said they filled some forms to take refuge in the US and Canada. He said: “We are hoping to get that. We hope to reach Canada or the US to live there for the rest of our lives, perhaps.” Fatime Ibrahimi, another of the Afghans who want to immigrate to the US or Canada, said she does not think to live in Albania. “I had worked as a finance and administration officer. I feel very good, safe and here is a good place. I prefer to live in Canada or the USA,” she said. (Footage by Olsi Shehu /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

TIRANA, ALBANIA - SEPTEMBER 10: The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has caused the emigration of large numbers of Afghans who work in state institutions, international organizations, and the media, as well as students. Hundreds of Afghans recently arrived in Albania, which is the first of the Balkan countries to grant them temporary asylum until they are directed to their final destination, the U.S., Canada, and other countries. The first convoy of Afghan immigrants arrived in Albania on August 27, and they were settled in student dormitories in the capital Tirana, and the cities of Dirac and Lech. The Afghans began a new life in the places designated for them on the campuses. They cooperate with the Albanian authorities in registration and all other procedures, while their children spend their time playing around. Aziz Qoshan, a 32-year-old Afghan immigrant, told Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) about his work in Afghanistan, his new life in Albania, and his plans. Qoshan said they are not planning to stay in Albania because of the language barrier, and that they have filled out an asylum application to the United States and Canada and hope to be accepted, and live there. “We hope to reach to Canada or to the U.S., to live there for the rest of our lives,” he said. (Footage by Olsi Shehu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)