[Tolo News] Canada's ambassador to Afghanistan has offered his resignation because of increasing fears that documents to be published in WikiLeaks could end up with his replacementThe Canadian ambassador in Kabul, William Crosbie, has warned Ottawa that the US diplomatic cables will include criticisms he made about Afghanistan's Caped President Karzai and his powerful family at a meeting with other diplomats, and that this could require him to be replaced.
Mr Crosbie wrote in a diplomatic letter to Ottawa that, "My words about Karzai and the influence of his family may attract attention, and they will be damaging for our relations with him and his government if they do so."
"Much depends on how Karzai reacts to the WikiLeaks. Will they cause him to take steps that will be unacceptable for our ongoing support? There are several critical decision points in the coming weeks," he added.
The note is the first indication that leaks of cables could harm Canada's interests in Afghanistan.
Mr Crosbie is the only foreign diplomat named in the US cables recorded as criticising Mr Karzai and his family.
"The message is a report of a lengthy meeting on Feb. 20, 2010, in which I speak in very critical terms about the misuse of power by Karzai and his family (AWK is named)," Mr Crosbie wrote.