Haji Aga Lalai, the Kandahar director of Afghanistan's national reconciliation program with the Taliban, is shown in Kandahar in this recent photo. Lalai says his agency is so cash-strapped it may have to shut its doors. He can't understand why Canada has spent billions of dollars on its military mission in Kandahar province - and only a paltry $1,000 on his program. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexander Panetta