I think what we see from the Afghan government now is rather encouraging. As you will know, the President of Afghanistan just established something called an independent directorate for local government. What the leader of that directorate is trying to do is look at leadership at the provincial level, the district level, and below that to try to improve the competence of the leadership at these various levels and tie them to local structures on the ground.
I think that's the only way to go. And that effort has been appreciated by the entire international community.
I will add that I believe it is important that the governance issue be addressed not only at the provincial, district, and local levels but also vigorously addressed at the central level. This is, of course, an item we discuss regularly with the Afghan authorities.
