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Mr President, although neighbours, the two countries are very different. The differences are even more marked within the countries. Pakistan had a female head of government long before Germany. Afghanistan has not yet reached that point, yet it does have a number of female provincial governors. There are, however, regions and tribal areas in both countries where women are still not permitted to attend school or even visit the doctor. Such crass differences within the countries can only be eliminated through patient reforms rather than ideology.
To this extent, our efforts in Afghanistan have been a failure. These were borne by the idea of leaping over millennia in a single bound. It is just not possible to do this. It was not possible in Europe and it is certainly not possible in the Hindu Kush. We need to get used to the idea that these countries will develop at their own pace, that they require patience and sustained support and that we cannot change society there by simply sending in the army or by pressing a button."@en1
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