A Canadian Armed Forces veteran, David Lavery, has gone missing in Afghanistan and has possibly been detained by the Taliban government, according to a network that supports vets.
“The Veterans Transition Network is deeply concerned about the well-being of David Lavery, known to all those he helped as ‘Canadian Dave,'” reads a statement from the organization.
The statement says Lavery disappeared from the Kabul airport on Nov. 11, Remembrance Day.
“It appears likely he has been detained by the Afghan government. Further speculation would be unhelpful at this delicate time.”
Since before the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, Lavery had been working to provide aid and assistance to eligible Afghan migrants. The Veterans Transition Network notes that Lavery repeatedly travelled to Afghanistan for humanitarian work, and to lay wreaths at the Canadian monument in Kabul on Remembrance Day.
“Dave has always travelled into Afghanistan using appropriate documentation issued by the Afghan government, which was …