Govt to call for revamped Afghan aid effort

Excerpts of Alexander's prepared remarks show he will call for a bigger push to strengthen central and local governments as the key to gaining the support of the Afghan public.

"Security and justice matter as much, if not more than the provision of other basic services in the eyes of many ordinary Afghans," he said in the remarks, to be delivered at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Govt to call for revamped Afghan aid effort

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