Traduction de «Groupe d'appui à l'Afghanistan » (Français → Anglais) :

The Minister of Finance of Afghanistan, Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, said: "The State Building Contract is an effective mechanism that aligns EU's development assistance with the Afghanistan's reform agenda.

The signing ceremony of the State-building contract took place today at the margins of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan.

Question No. 106 Ms. Dawn Black: With regard to the Canadian presence in Afghanistan: (a) what is the goal of the Canadian presence in Afghanistan; (b) what is the strategy employed by the government; (c) what are the tactics that are being used; (d) who is the enemy; (e) what is the operational centre of gravity of the enemy; (f) does the government have a political strategy to attain its goal; (g) is terrorism the greatest security threat that Canada faces; (h) does the government consider that Canada is at war; (i) what is the condition that the government would consider to be “civil war”; (j) what does the government deem to ...[+++] be the nature of counter-insurgency warfare and does this condition exist in Afghanistan; (k) what Canadian Forces (CF) manuals deal with counter-insurgency; (l) what are the current rules of engagement for the CF in Afghanistan; (m) what has been the change in rules of engagement since Canada left Operation Enduring Freedom; (n) is the government aware of the presence of foreign fighters in Afghanistan who help the Taliban; (o) if there are foreign fighters where do they come from on the whole; (p) what is the opinion of the government regarding the security of the Afghan border with Pakistan; (q) what is the opinion of the government regarding Pakistani cooperation in achieving the objectives of the mission; (r) does the government have an opinion as to when the goals of the Canadian presence will be achieved; (s) when was the decision to deploy a combat mission to Kandahar made by the government; (t) how well are CF capabilities matched to the conditions in the southern region of Afghanistan and to counter insurgency; (u) what is the size and configuration of task forces available for use in Afghanistan through to February 2009; (v) what has been the effect of increased training throughout the forces on the capability of these task forces; (w) how has the training of new recruits been effected by the extension of the ...

The European Union strongly endorses the conclusion of the "six plus two" group of Afghanistan's neighbours that the war must be brought to a rapid close.

On Tuesday 14 January, Mr Willy DE CLERCQ, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for external relations and trade policy, received the ambassadors of the Contadora Group (Venezuela, Panama, Colombia and Mexico) and the Support Group (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Peru) countries, who had come to deliver to the Commission the document setting out the results of the meeting at Caraballeda on 11 and 12 January of the Foreign Ministers of the countries which make up these two groups.

Francoise Ducros, Vice-President, Afghanistan Task Force, Canadian International Development Agency: I am pleased to be here to provide information on CIDA's experience with programming that supports the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and some of the lessons we have drawn from this experience.