A/RES/67/16 Member States to deny those groups any form of sanctuary or financial, material and political support; 12. Expresses deep regret at the resulting loss of life and 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, the Assistance Mission, 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; 13. Stresses the importance of the provision of sufficient security, calls upon the Government of Afghanistan, with the assistance of the international community, to continue to address the threat to the security and stability of Afghanistan, and commends the Afghan National Security Forces and their international partners for their efforts in this regard; 14. Notes that the responsibility for providing security and law and order throughout the country resides with the Government of Afghanistan, supported by the international community, and underlines the importance of further strengthening the operational capabilities of Afghan security forces, in all provinces of Afghanistan, consistent with the goal of transition; 15. Expresses its support for the objective of the Government of Afghanistan, as endorsed by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board, to ensure that the Afghan National Security Forces have the necessary strength and operational capability to take over the full security responsibility from the Assistance Force in all provinces by the end of 2014, calls upon the international community to provide the support necessary to increase security, as well as to provide continued support by training, equipping and contributing to the financing of the Afghan National Security Forces to take on the task of securing their country, and underscores the importance of the joint Chicago Summit Declaration on Afghanistan and other relevant agreements with regional and international partners in this regard; 16. Welcomes the progress of the security transition process, which began in July 2011, as agreed upon by the Government of Afghanistan and the countries taking part in the Assistance Force, commends the ongoing implementation of the first three tranches of transition, after which time 75 per cent of the population of Afghanistan will be living in areas where the Afghan National Security Forces have taken over lead security responsibility, looks forward to the phased completion of the process in the remaining parts of the country and the mid-2013 milestone, when all areas will have entered the transition process and the Afghan forces will be in the lead for security nationwide, also welcomes the commitment of Afghanistan’s international partners to support the Government in creating the conditions necessary to allow for the completion of transition and to continue to support the transition process to enable it to advance to the point at which the Afghan National Security Forces are fully capable of meeting the security needs of the country, including public order, law enforcement, the security of Afghanistan’s borders and preservation of the constitutional rights of Afghan citizens, and calls upon Member States to continue to support the transition process with the necessary continued financial and technical support; 17. Also welcomes, in this regard, the presence of the Assistance Force and the Operation Enduring Freedom coalition, expresses its appreciation for the support they have provided to the Afghan National Army, as well as for the assistance 6