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"Citizens from the Member States of the European Union and far beyond our borders are answering for the pacification and reconstruction of Afghanistan with their lives. They all deserve the greatest respect and the full support of Parliament, not least our prayers for divine protection, because their mission continues to be extremely dangerous. The murderous attack in Kabul yesterday morning provides new evidence of that.
I would ask the Council and the Commission to address two specific problems of the complex situation in Afghanistan. Without an effective strategy against the ‘Talibanisation’ of northern Pakistan, the stabilisation of Afghanistan remains little more than a Western wish. NATO forces are in fact operating with their hands tied because of this.
The second problem in Afghanistan is the urgent need to modernise agriculture. Its greatest handicap is the persistent insecurity in large parts of the country. UN statistics make it crystal clear: the more insecure the region, the more profuse the annual blooming of the poppy fields. Council and Commission, I wish you all possible wisdom and perseverance in the active stabilisation of Afghanistan."@en1
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