But that model of touristic development has failed to convince some.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Admiral Mullen told a gathering of civilian government executives now that President Karzai's re-election has been made official by the cancellation of the runoff, he must exercise his leadership to convince Afghans his government has their best interests at heart.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"A lot of groups want to send a strong message to foreign governments by targeting foreign nationals who are operating in the country the strategy being to convince the general public of coalition nations that their armies and armed forces should not be in Afghanistan,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"It is also important to remember that this is a cynical situation where the Tigers have herded a large number of people - thousands of people - into an enclave and used them as hostages to convince the international community to call for a cease-fire,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17