To the extent that I heard a question?
I take your caution about the difficulty and complexity, in that it is a Muslim country and there are things that we don't know. What we have tried to do is partner and work with Afghans in country and also Afghans who now live in Canada--whether they're Canadian citizens or more recently arrived--to ask how it is that we can support civil society in an appropriate way.
How do we balance the very difficult set of questions about civil human rights on the way to a negotiated settlement with Taliban and other insurgents? We don't have a direct answer, and it will be Afghans who need to resolve those things ultimately.
I just say, in response to the comment about development aid, that Canadian development organizations or international arms of Canadian.... For example, CARE Canada, who were providing development assistance before the Taliban, during the Taliban period, and since the Taliban period, have commented that it has been most difficult post-2001, because there's been too close an identification of security forces and delivery of aid.
