Foreign Affairs committee  But there is a problem with the fiscal balance. By increasing the numbers in the army, there will be a problem with the fiscal balance. They may not have the funding to do that. There could be funding from outside, but eventually this will need to be from within the Afghanistan b

Foreign Affairs committee  It's doesn't have its own government.

Foreign Affairs committee  Well, the thing is, at this Bonn process--which was also imposed--Afghan leadership really was lacking during the Bonn meeting and the Bonn process. It became a western democratic model that was to be placed in Afghanistan; the election brought it in.

Foreign Affairs committee  Bonn was in 2001, so it's been since then.

Foreign Affairs committee  But the democratic institutions are not there, and without the democratic institutions--

Foreign Affairs committee  It's a huge number. There were no girl children going to school. The number of children going to school was extremely low. There is a huge increase in that; in those social and economic areas, there has been benefit. By the way, in answer to Mr. Wajid Khan--

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay. It's just that we never answered that one.

Foreign Affairs committee  About 38% of the girls are attending school now.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not saying that. The army presence can continue, but negotiations should start now. Yes, Canada has made progress on the socio-economic side, but we have completely failed on the security reform side. The police are not working out. They are corrupt. We have invested funds

Foreign Affairs committee  You're talking about how the capacity building could be done?

Foreign Affairs committee  To start with what the women parliamentarians were saying, I think women are concerned about negotiation with the Taliban because women suffered most during the Taliban regime. So they do not want that kind of negotiation. But what most people are talking about is not negotiating

Foreign Affairs committee  I mentioned in my presentation that we need human security. Right now, mothers are worried about sending their children to school because there is no security. It's not only security from the Taliban; there is no protection from the police force. The police are corrupt and the mi

Foreign Affairs committee  First of all, even if the Taliban is expelled for a little while, they will come back. This is not a winnable war. The Pashtuns belong to Afghanistan and they need to be part of the political process. They have to be brought under the political rubric. This was not done in the be

Foreign Affairs committee  Right. My comments are more from the development perspective. I don't know if I have recommendations as strong as Peggy's, but I will refer to a number of issues that should be taken into consideration. The analysis in this presentation is based on my experience living and worki