第二，处理阿富汗的各种安全挑战要求我们大家做出投入，以推动该国的政治稳定。当然，阿什拉夫·加尼总统与阿卜杜拉·阿卜杜拉首席执行官之间的紧张增加了实现该目标的难度。但是，在加尼总统与阿卜杜拉首席执行官之间建立一种更加有效的工作关系一直是一项具有挑战性的工作。尽管他们之间存有分歧，这两位领导人仍承诺为该国实现更加安全、繁荣和包容未来的愿景。他们达成了一项政治协议，以实现某些目标。现在仍要靠阿富汗领导人做出治理方面的各种安排。他们必须继续介入，把阿富汗的利益放在第一位。当他们这样做的时候，我们看到，进展是有可能的。加尼总统和民族团结政府应为其采取铲除腐败的步骤受到赞扬。正如赛卡尔大使也指出的那样，政府努力重新审理那些窃取阿富汗人民金钱者的刑事案件，罢免腐败的法官和其他公职人员，并且设立治理、司法以及反腐高级委员会。今年夏季的早些时候，政府开办了新的反腐刑事司法中心，旨在保护敏感腐败案件中的调查员、检察官以及法官免受政治压力。如果得到充分执行，这将朝着打击有罪不罚迈出重要一步。我们必须鼓励阿富汗政府做出类似努力以解决如选举改革等其它紧迫问题，并且兑现其各项改革承诺。
Secondly, addressing Afghanistan’s security challenges requires all of us to invest in promoting the country’s political stability. Of course, tensions between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah have made that objective harder to achieve. But establishing a more effective working relationship between President Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah was always going to be a challenging effort. Despite their differences, the two leaders remain committed to a vision of a more secure, prosperous and inclusive future for the country. Both entered into a political agreement to reach certain goals. It remains up to the leaders of Afghanistan to work out their governing arrangements. They must remain engaged and put the interests of Afghanistan first. When they do, we see that progress is possible. President Ghani and the National Unity Government should be commended for taking steps to root out corruption. The Government has worked to reopen criminal cases against those who stole money from the Afghan people, remove corrupt judges and other public officials and establish the High Council on Governance, Justice and Anti-Corruption, as Ambassador Saikal also noted. Earlier this summer, the Government inaugurated a new Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Centre, which is designed to shield investigators, prosecutors and judges from political pressure in sensitive corruption cases. If fully implemented, that will be an important step towards fighting impunity. We must encourage the Afghan Government to make similar efforts to resolve other pressing issues, such as electoral reform, and to follow through on its reform commitments.