I had a relationship with General Quyaum and, following him, with General Momin. I went every week to what was called the weekly provincial security meeting. It was chaired by the governor and attended by General Quyaum, or whoever the NDS commander was; the Afghan brigade commander; the police commander; the prosecutor; and the general from the Afghan National Civil Order Police. There were six generals and a governor sitting around the table. Clearly, we had a close personal relationship because we were trying to fight the insurgency across the whole province.
My assessment of the NDS in terms of fighting the insurgency was that they were a very valuable partner. We acted on the intelligence we received from the NDS.