The Department of Foreign Affairs is censoring records detailing Canada’s hurried flight from Kabul in 2021. Staff in one memo confirmed Taliban terrorists confiscated diplomatic offices but would not “disclose further details due to security considerations.”

“We are aware some of our diplomatic properties in Kabul had been breached by the Taliban after our full evacuation,” said the newly-released 2022 memo Key Messages. “The Department of Foreign Affairs cannot disclose further details due to security considerations.”

Records released under Access To Information were heavily censored. “Please limit distribution and do not share outside of the Government of Canada,” read one staff email.