effective local governance in kandahar province. where? in kandahar city itself. the governor of kandahar? the canadian? excuse me. you are starting to see, for instance, in hand car a municipal government making connections with local tribal, you know, with the local tribal structures. that s positive. i would encourage ambassador galbraith to actually go back to afghanistan. i just got back on tuesday. go back to kandahar. go to kandahar and go to helmand. there is progress that s being made. you are seeing government established. you are seeing effective local security forces and you are seeing a change in the security dynamics. go back to afghanistan. the key is that has to survive the cyclical nature of the conflict in afghanistan. it s too soon to say if that s successful or unsuccessful. you have to wait until after the summer, after the fighting season. we ll know whether or not we have been successful in the long term in helmand and kandahar. i caution ambassador galbr
instance, in hand car a municipal government making connections with local tribal, you know, with the local tribal structures. that s positive. i would encourage ambassador galbraith to actually go back to afghanistan. i just got back on tuesday. go back to kandahar. go to kandahar and go to helmand. there is progress that s being made. you are seeing government established. you are seeing effective local security forces and you are seeing a change in the security dynamics. go back to afghanistan. the key is that has to survive the cyclical nature of the conflict in afghanistan. it s too soon to say if that s successful or unsuccessful. you have to wait until after the summer, after the fighting season. we ll know whether or not we have been successful in the long term in helmand and kandahar. i caution ambassador galbraith about the generalizations about everyone in the afghan government or all afghans being corrupt.