If you want me to be absolutely honest, here's what I would say. I have not seen any indication in the last five and a half years that the policy of the countries that count--meaning mine and yours at the moment--is going to change in ways that could really make this turn around. I have not seen any evidence that President Karzai is going to take seriously the rampant corruption inside his own government, the rampant placement of hostile individuals in positions of power in his government. He's naming them. I haven't seen any evidence that those things are going to turn around, but I don't think that means they can't turn around.
We are beings with a capacity of free will, so we can choose to change our policy. I think that's the message I'd transmit.