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===Afghanistan=== In 2007 and 2008, Canada donated 2,500 surplus C7 assault rifles to the Afghan National Army.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|title=Canadian military donates 2,500 rifles to Afghan army|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-military-donates-2-500-rifles-to-afghan-army-1.672881|access-date=June 15, 2011|newspaper=CBC.ca|date=December 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808212905/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2007/12/23/canada-afghan-rifles.html|archive-date=August 8, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the ANA gave back the C7s since as Afghan security forces chose the American M16 instead. Canadian Forces officials said the Canadian rifles would be shipped to Canada for disposal.<ref name="ca.yahoo">{{cite news|last=Brewster|first=Murray|title=Afghan army gives donated rifles back to Canada in favour of U.S. weapons|url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/afghan-army-gives-donated-rifles-back-canada-favour-154653728.html|access-date=16 June 2011|newspaper=The Canadian Press|date=16 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619030412/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/afghan-army-gives-donated-rifles-back-canada-favour-154653728.html|archive-date=19 June 2011}}</ref>
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