Remarks by Ambassador of Afghanistan, Said Jawad to the Atlantic Partnership

We heard very clearly your message about corruption and governance. We know that our government institutions are not fully functional. That is why you and 60 other countries are in Afghanistan. 41 of them have troops on the ground. We are grateful to every one of them. If state institutions were fully functioning, there would not have been state failure, the Taliban, and the Bonn Agreement, NATO, and ISAF in Afghanistan. (Read More...)

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