Mr. Wilfert, there is indeed some confusion around this issue, and it's an issue that I know well. As part of Canada's commitment to help build capacity...and that meant many things. It meant infrastructure. It meant training. It meant equipment. It meant basic humanitarian supplies to improve the lives of prisoners in very rudimentary circumstances.
One of the realities of the Afghan prison system was one of insufficient capacity. The NDS facilities, in Kabul in particular, were overcrowded. The NDS and other institutions of government came to the international community and sought resources and help to build more capacity. The British led on an initiative, principally with the Americans, to build capacity--not to run the prison, not to oversee the prison, but just to build capacity.
Canada was approached because we were one of the key countries, and one of the top five on most matters, as Mr. Lalani indicated, and we were asked to contribute. We had agreed in principle to provide equipment-- kitchen equipment, etc. This was a long process. Some things simply don't move very quickly in Afghanistan, as much as we'd like them to. There was the question of an exchange of letters--