Sir, Madam, what I would do is quote President Karsai, who said that Kandahar province is “the centre of gravity” for his country. There is where the Taliban first developed. That is their homestay, if you will, and that is where the threat is most significant. That is where the efforts are required, because as Kandahar province goes, so will the rest of the country. There are threats, much less organized and much less lethal in most cases, that occur from time to time around the rest of the country. But in the south--Helmand province, Kandahar province, Zabul province, and Oruzgan province, certainly the south part of Oruzgan province--is where the main part of the Taliban efforts are focused and where we see most of their commanders, fighters being recruited or forced to fight for them, and therefore where we see most of the security operations.
If you actually take a look at the statistics that NATO just put out, something like 94% of the attacks against either the Afghan government officials, humanitarian aid agencies, or international military forces took place in about 10% of the districts across Afghanistan. So slightly less than one-tenth of the country is a major threat, and most of that is in that southern area of Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, and Oruzgan provinces.