General, first of all, I thank you for your testimony. I must mention that it was an honour to serve under your command in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Banja Luka in 2004.
I myself served in Afghanistan in Role 3 in 2007, in combat. Also, you had several senior deployments in Afghanistan. I cherish here today your effort to have as an end state for the civilian population a safe and secure environment for the future development of democracy.
After 10 years of our Canadian Armed Forces being in Afghanistan, what is the sentiment or general feeling coming from Afghans regarding the training mission? Do civilians have faith in their defence forces to uphold the law and to fight, if necessary, to defend their newly democratic state?