Are there any encouraging signs of progress in terms of security, economic development, and public sector infrastructure?
Stewart: You can almost divide Afghanistan in two. The center and north of the country are relatively progressive, relatively western-friendly, and in those areas dollars go quite a long way. So there’s been a real improvement, for example, in provision of education and health care in central Afghanistan. In Kabul, where I was a few weeks ago, nearly five million people have access to electricity at the moment. You can take a road from Kabul up to Mazar-e-Sharif where you can drive in about three and a half hours from one end of the country to the other. All of this has happened since the invasion. On the other hand, down in the south and eastern country, there are many, many problems. The Taliban control many of the rural areas; there are a lot of drugs being grown; a lot of the schools that we build are destroyed shortly after we build them. Even the main highways are not safe. Q: You have criticized the U.S. policy of boosting its troop presence in Afghanistan. What steps would you
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