Thank you, Minister, for coming.
There are two questions I want to quickly draw upon. One deals with our signature project, and you rightly told Madam Lalonde that you are concerned about the educational aspect of it. The signature project we have here is for education. I see from your report that we co-chair the development board to build up the educational system over there, which is the key element in winning the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan and Kabul. Perhaps you can elaborate on that one.
The second question I have is our priority number six, which is seeking political reconciliation. I know our government's position is that it's up to the Afghan people to carry out. But could you perhaps give us some indication of efforts made by the Government of Afghanistan to reach out to the moderate Taliban? We know there are hard-core Taliban whom we will never be able to talk to, but there are some elements in there where there is a reconciliation process going on.