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"The Council fully shares the honourable Member’s concern over the catastrophic humanitarian situation for large sections of the Afghan population, particularly the situation for women.
The European Union, the Commission, through ECHO and EuropeAid, and the Member States will continue to provide urgent humanitarian aid for the population of Afghanistan and for Afghan refugees abroad, where the difficult circumstances in the area allow. However, the Taliban position on women and the many obstacles which the Taliban régime has created for the non-governmental organisations which operate in the country make this task extremely difficult.
This is particularly true of operations aimed at improving the education and health of Afghan women. Despite the difficulties, a few humanitarian organisations are able to support and run schools for girls.
Despite the continuing efforts of the EU and the rest of the international community, the terrible reality in Afghanistan unfortunately shows that the Taliban regime has remained impervious to argument and pressure from abroad.
The conflicts between Taliban troops and the Northern Alliance continue, despite the long-standing military deadlock. In addition, the Taliban continue to reject the mediation efforts of the UN and others. There is a pressing need to improve the situation with regard to humanitarian concerns and human rights, but under the conditions which I have described the outlook for improvement is unfortunately not particularly good.
The Council hopes that the sanctions based on Security Council Resolution UNSCR 1333, and which the Council has implemented through the equivalent Common Position and EC Regulation, will help to reduce external involvement and promote a negotiated settlement of the Afghan conflict. I would also refer you to the answers to questions on Afghanistan which I have given in previous Question Times in this house."@en1
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