'Their blood will be on your hands': Kabul's chaos hits Canadian PM's campaign

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference in the backyard of the Freedman family home during his election campaign tour, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap Sept. 20 election to benefit from his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination program, but now faces questions over how his Liberal government dealt with this month's chaos in Kabul.

Canada announced on Thursday it had halted https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-has-ended-kabul-evacuation-efforts-senior-military-official-2021-08-26 evacuations of its citizens and vulnerable Afghans who worked for Western nations in Afghanistan, admitting it did not know how many were left behind.