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UK, remember your settings and improve government services. Transcript of speech given by David Cameron and the Minister of Mines, Wahidullah Shahrani on mining of precious metals in Afghanistan. Good evening. Good evening and welcome everyone, and a very warm welcome to number 10 Downing Street. I really just wanted to say three things to you before handing over to the minister.

The first is I care passionately about the future of Afghanistan. Britain has, I think, played a huge and honourable role in trying to do everything we can to give Afghanistan the chance of stability and security, and to make sure that it never again is a haven of terror.

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But in my passion for Afghanistan, I know that the real long-term answer for Afghanistan is not simply security and stability and peace with its neighbours, but the real answer for Afghanistan is prosperity and growth and jobs and investment and wealth. That is absolutely key to the future of your country. So this is an enormous opportunity which, if it can be got right, can be an extraordinary blessing for Afghanistan.

And that is I think the word to think about tonight, because Afghanistan has been cursed in so many ways in recent years: the horrors of civil war; the horrors of Soviet occupation; the huge problems of terrorism; all of the destruction that took place in the years when, mistakenly, other countries - including ours — turned their back on Afghanistan.