Thank you, Chair, and I will be sharing my time with Ms. Gallant.
Thank you, Minister, for being here today and for providing us with an update on the good work that you are doing.
Mr. Minister, our new government has supported a three-D approach to dealing with this situation in Afghanistan, focused on development, defence, and diplomacy. At this committee, we've heard an awful lot about the good work that we're doing in the area of development and defence. I was wondering if you could inform us about the good work that we're doing in the area of diplomacy, particularly if you could point to some successes that we've had in nurturing democratic institutions in Afghanistan, or if you could tell us, looking forward, what we might expect in terms of success in the near future.