A/RES/65/8 community to Afghanistan expressed in the communiqués of the London and Kabul Conferences, held on 28 January 4 and 20 July 2010, respectively; 3F 4. Encourages all partners to support constructively the Kabul process, building upon a deep and broad international partnership towards further increased Afghan responsibility and ownership in security, governance and development, aiming at a secure, prosperous and democratic Afghanistan, focusing on strengthening the constitutional checks and balances that guarantee citizen rights and obligations, and implementing structural reform to enable an accountable and effective Government to deliver concrete progress to its people, and recalls in this regard the second inaugural speech made by President Hamid Karzai on 19 November 2009; Reiterates in this regard its appreciation for the Afghanistan National 5. Development Strategy, welcomes the detailed national priority programmes presented at the Kabul Conference, stresses the importance of the complementary implementation and costing plans, and recalls the relevant provisions of the Afghanistan Compact,2 including the annexes thereto; 6. Welcomes the recent parliamentary election in Afghanistan, run entirely under the responsibility of the Afghan authorities supported by the international community, as a crucial step towards consolidating democracy in Afghanistan, expresses its appreciation for the courage of the Afghan people to actively engage in the electoral process and to participate in the election despite security threats, intimidation and incidents caused by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other illegal armed groups, welcomes the efforts of the relevant Afghan institutions to address alleged irregularities and to ensure a credible, transparent and legitimate process in accordance with Afghan laws and the Constitution, and expresses its appreciation in this regard for the support provided by the international community through the Assistance Mission; Expresses its strong concern about the security situation in Afghanistan, 7. stresses the need to continue to address the threat to the security and stability of Afghanistan caused by increased violent and terrorist activity by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist and criminal groups, including those involved in the narcotics trade, and strongly condemns all acts of violence and intimidation committed in Afghanistan, in particular in the southern and eastern parts, including suicide attacks and improvised explosive device attacks; Expresses deep regret, in this regard, at the resulting loss of life and 8. physical harm inflicted upon Afghan civilians and civilians of other nationalities, including the personnel of Afghan and international agencies and all other humanitarian workers and the diplomatic corps, as well as upon the personnel of the Afghan National Security Forces, the International Security Assistance Force and the Operation Enduring Freedom coalition, and pays homage to all those who have lost their lives; Stresses the need for the Government of Afghanistan and the 9. international community to continue to work closely together in countering the challenges of terrorist attacks by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist and criminal groups, which are threatening the democratic process as well as the reconstruction and economic development of Afghanistan, and reiterates in this regard its call for the full implementation of measures and application of procedures _______________ 4 S/2010/65, annex II. 3