Thank you.
I've found the answer to Mr. Khan's question. It's illuminating, so thank you.
I've heard the statement that there's no military peace that is achievable in Afghanistan, that the only way you really will achieve it is by diplomacy and I guess negotiation. It has to be an Afghani peace; it can't be an imposed peace.
The focus I've heard has to be on reconstruction and development. I have not been to Afghanistan, but I've seen the pictures, both video and stills, that show it is one of the poorest countries in the world, and what we see in those military shots is what the country's really like. There's basically no infrastructure. There's a lack of electricity. There's a lack of water. The comment was made, however, that if the infrastructure were to be built up--which is the reconstruction--that if it is not Afghani infrastructure, if it is UN infrastructure, it would be attacked by the Taliban and destroyed.
I was trying to wonder what role Canada could play. Could we suddenly determine that we're going to provide water systems or we're going to provide electrical plants, but if we were to do that, would they be in fact eliminated?
Perhaps the colonel could respond.