我们固然看到在“转型十年”的最初几年，一些领域取得了进展，但许多工作仍需要做。我在这样的舒适环境中说这些话很容易。我国政府清楚认识到与塔利班和其他反叛和恐怖团体的冲突所带来的挑战。因此，我们坚信，政治解决是唯一可行、长期的解决办法。联合王国坚决支持为实现政治解决而作的各种努力。在这方面，我们敦促政府尽一切努力为与塔利班进行建设性接触而营造广泛的支持基础。但阿富汗安全部队必须继续开展其重要的工作，直到实现和平。我今天要对安全部队人员的勇敢无畏精神表示敬意。他们正在该国各地奋力抗击塔利班和其他团体，解除乌鲁兹甘、赫尔曼德、昆都士和其他地方所受到的压力，常常为此付出沉重的代价。联合王国致力于帮助发展他们的能力，我们欢迎阿富汗采取有力行动应对达伊沙附属团体在阿富汗东部地区构成的新威胁。这些团体带来的威胁是实际存在的，国际社会需要为应对这些威胁提供协调一致的支持。
While we have seen progress in some areas in the early years of the transformation decade, many things still remain to be done. That is easy for me to say in these comfortable surroundings. My Government is well aware of the challenges posed by the conflict with the Taliban and other insurgent and terrorist groups. Therefore, we firmly believe that a political settlement is the only viable, long-term solution, and the United Kingdom strongly supports efforts towards such a settlement. In that respect, we urge the Government The situation in Afghanistan S/PV.7771 to make every effort to create abroad base of support for constructive engagement with the Taliban. But until that peace is secured, the Afghan security forces must continue their vital work. I pay tribute to their bravery today. They are standing up to the Taliban and other groups across the country, staving off pressure in Uruzgan, Helmand, Kunduz and elsewhere, often at terrible cost. The United Kingdom is committed to help develop their capability, and we welcome the robust actions taken by Afghanistan to combat the emerging threats posed by Da’esh affiliates in eastern Afghanistan. The threats arising from those groups are very real, and united international support is needed in response.