Thank you.
We have also our commission. This is an original office we have in Kandahar, and we have also established a new office in Helmand in Oruzgan.
Two or maybe three weeks ago, I also visited our office in Kandahar. Really, in Kandahar, women are under pressure and every day they are getting ultimatums. They have a lot of challenges there. Some women tell me they don't have permission to go outside their houses or to go out to work. In our office, and also in Andarab, I visited a lot. That time, after two days, a woman was killed, Sitara Achakzai, a very active women's rights activist, in Kandahar.
Now, the situation, especially for women, is very, very bad. Really, we need some coordination between Canadian and other organizations who are working in Kandahar. We need very good coordination there because really there is no security in Kandahar now. I visited civil society there also, and this is very bad.
When I talked with some women there, and men, they have lost their hope for the future. They think maybe they are living only today, but what will happen tomorrow is very dark. Their future is looking very dark. So I think this is very dangerous for one country or for the population, when they lose their hope for the future. This is very dangerous.