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"The European Parliamentary Labour Party welcomes this Parliament report. When the Taliban fell in 2001 there were only 900,000 children in school. That figure is now 6 million and rising. Five million refugees have returned home and 82% of the population have access to healthcare, nine times the figure in 2002. However we share Parliament’s deep concern about continued problems on security, and that without security there can be no return to normal life.
However, we abstained on the report as a number of points do not reflect the reality of the situation in Afghanistan. Recital D is factually incorrect as deployment of new NATO troops to Afghanistan is continuing with both the UK and Germany recently announcing increased levels. Also we do not agree with the situation on opium production levels described in paragraph 32. The report seems to ignore the hard work being done by the Afghanistan Government through their long term National Drug Control Strategy, and which has led to progress in cutting the number of provinces that harvest opium poppies.
Finally, we want to support continued cooperation with Afghan law enforcement bodies as part of the European Union’s continued support for transitional justice and security sector reform in the country."@en1
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