Richard Holbrooke: “We assess that it is on track to improve security, transparency, and accountability for the upcoming parliamentary…”

The western part of Pakistan, the lawless areas, are the epicenter of the issues that threaten our country.

What happened in 1989, when the Soviets left and the world, led by the United States, just turned its back on Afghanistan... is a lesson of history we cannot afford to repeat.

We are spending the money you've authorized for us to create a justice system which can cut into the Taliban's propaganda about corruption and lack of a justice system.

We have ended poppy eradication, a radical change, because all we were doing by eradicating poppy seeds--poppy crops--was driving farmers--poor farmers--into the hands of the Taliban.