Three months ago we opened a new chapter of Afghanistan’s rebuilding and partnership with the International Community by agreeing upon the Afghanistan Compact and its implementation over the next five years, at the London Conference.

The Afghanistan Compact at the same time acknowledges the significant challenges Afghanistan is still facing on its path to peace and development and presents an ambitious but results-oriented action plan, defining this path to peace, stability and growth by setting forth more than 70 measurable and time-bound benchmarks in the areas of security, governance, sustainable development and counter-narcotics.

Today’ s first meeting of the Afghanistan Compact’s Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board marks a very important step towards the achievement of this ambitious action-plan.

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