There Is No One More Qualified Than Blatchford To Tell The Stories

Witness to war

Globe and Mail Update

October 30, 2007 at 7:30 AM EDT

The Globe and Mail's Christie Blatchford has done four tours of Afghanistan since Canada took over the major security role in Kandahar province in 2006.

She's been embedded with the Canadian troops and witnessed first hand the losses and victories on the battlefield. In the quiet moments between unspeakable horrors and the ever-present threat of death, the soldiers opened up to Ms. Blatchford, sharing their personal histories, their hopes for the future and their take on the Afghan people.

These stories form the basis of Ms. Blatchord's new book, Fifteen Days, Stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian army. The book pays tribute to the men and women serving with the Canadian military in Afghanistan.

Ms. Blatchford will answer questions on her war reporting experiences and her views on the Canadian military today from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT. Submit a question in advance through the comment function on this story, or come back later to join the conversation.

Your questions and Ms. Blatchford's answers will appear at the bottom of this page when the discussion begins.

Ms. Blatchford started her newspaper career working as a sports reporter for the The Globe and Mail. She then became a columnist at the Toronto Star, before joining the Toronto Sun. She was a columnist for the Sun for almost 20 years before being hired away by The National Post when it was launched. She later returned to the Globe to take up a free-ranging columnist's job, which she uses to venture far and wide, geographically and intellectually.

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