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November 19, 2007

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"If you're coming as our friends, don't. If you're coming as our enemies, we will fight you."
     - Zmarai, Arghandab district police chief, in response to Taliban threats.
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“The agreement of the four countries to implement this project is a major step towards connecting South Asia to the low cost, clean energy resources of Central Asia. We  expect  the  project  to  generate revenues  for  the poorer Central Asian countries,  reduce energy shortages by providing lower cost power to Afghanistan and  Pakistan, and to generate significant economic gains for Afghanistan.”
   - Alastair J. McKechnie, World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan, on new electricity agreement with Central Asia.

"At the national level, corruption exists at unacceptable levels. At the provincial and district levels, especially in contested areas, government, particularly police, too often is weak, ineffective, sometimes non-existent and sometimes even predatory," 
   - Zalmay Khalilzad

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