I'm wondering about the central Afghan government. We've heard from a variety of witnesses about the way that Canadians have been helping in Kabul to do capacity building, to train the Afghan national army. And all of these things have sounded very positive. What evidence of this kind of development have you seen from the national government of Afghanistan in Kandahar province? Is there any sense that the state government is in control? Is there any sense that they're able to reach out and do anything to alleviate this poverty or keep a basic level of order in the province? Does the government there have any means or ability to do this?
On October 25th, 2006. See this statement in context.