Noting that, despite improvements in building the security sector, increased terrorist attacks caused by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups, in particular in the south and east of Afghanistan over the past months, and the lack of security caused by criminal activity and the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, remain a serious challenge, threatening the democratic process as well as reconstruction and economic development,
注意到，安全部门的组建虽有进展，但塔利班、基地组织及其他极端主义团体发动的恐怖袭击，尤其是近几个月在阿富汗南部和东部地区发动的袭击，有所增加，犯罪活动以及非法生产和贩运毒品致使安全得不到保障，所有这些仍是一个严重挑战，危及民主进程，并危及重建和经济发展，