I call this meeting to order.
This is the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan. Today we have Dr. Soraya Sobhrang with us. She is the Commissioner of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. She's been working on female issues and the rights of women in Afghanistan.
We want to welcome you. We certainly appreciate your going through all the trouble to be here.
Do you have a few comments to start? Then we'll have the committee ask you some questions.