The goals of the Afghan Compact, agreed in London in 2006, are wide-ranging, addressing security; governance, rule of law and human rights; and economic and social development.
Progress against these goals was reviewed at the Paris Conference on Afghanistan on 12 June 2008. Some important examples of progress highlighted at the Conference, were:
Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in 36 years were held in September 2005.
27 per cent. of the seats in the Lower House of Parliament are now held by women.
Between 2002-3 and 2005-6 the economy grew by 42 per cent.
Almost six million children, a third of which are girls, are now in school compared to one million in 2001.
82 per cent. of Afghans now have access to basic healthcare, compared to 9 percent in 2002.
More information on the Paris Conference can be found at:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/fco-in-action/uk-in-afghanistan/politics/afghanistan-politics-paris
For a more recent UK overview of progress in Afghanistan, also addressing many of the themes in the Compact, please see the link following to the recent Foreign and Commonwealth Office Memorandum of Evidence; submitted to the Foreign Affairs Committee as part of their Global Security Inquiry into Afghanistan:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmfaff/memo/afghanistan/ucgs0402.htm