While on a visit to British troops in Afghanistan this weekend, David Cameron paid tribute to the British personnel - and sadly the count is now running at 440 - who have given their lives in that country.
We should never forget their sacrifice.
He also said that peace in Afghanistan requires a political solution and not just a military one: and Mohammed Karzai, the Afghan president, agreed with him.
President Karzai also referred to the recent attack by Taleban extremists on his Presidental Palace as "Peanuts" in comparison to the losses which have sometimes been caused in other attacks.
We do need a diplomatic resolution to be part of the solution. Let's hope one can be found.
Of course, most of the military challenge is not coming from Afghans, but from the Pakistani Taleban.
There are massive troubles in Pakistan, but I take some comfort from the fact that the recent election there represented one of the first occasions, if not the first, in Pakistan's history when a government has taken power peacefully through being elected at the ballot box, served one or more full parliamentary terms and then handed over power peacefully through being defeated at the ballot box. Let's hope this may start the country on a trajectory which may lead to a better Pakistan and give hope torwards peace in Afghanistan.
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