In such an approach, alongside concerted crop eradication, and a continuing development of Afghanistan's economy, lies a distant glimmer of hope.
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And we also discussed a wide range of issues, from Afghanistan to Iran to the world economy, in which the interests of the United States and the interests of France are closely joined.
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Afghanistan has no economy to speak of.
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He said the most important element is the "civilian surge" -- the dispatching of experts to Afghanistan to help the country produce more effectively in all sectors of the infrastructure and economy, including agriculture, water management and economic activity.
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It was seen as a test of Afghanistan's commitment to addressing corruption and stabilising the economy.
In Onalaska, Bush talked about Social Security, homeland security, the economy, small businesses and Afghanistan -- and he made other pleas of support.
The roadside bomb killed thousands in Afghanistan last year, stifled the economy and created a climate of fear - yet its capacity to wreak destruction and havoc only seems to be increasing.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) An Afghan tribunal convicted two top executives from Kabul Bank and sentenced them to five-year prison terms on Tuesday for their role in a massive corruption scandal that led to the collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank and threatened the country's fragile economy.
During their three-hour meeting, the leaders discussed Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the economy.
Is Afghanistan the enemy, a poor, ravaged country of little strategic value with an economy smaller than that of tiny Rhode Island?
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Afghanistan, indeed, Mr. President, as you very rightly put it, is looking forward to an end to this war, and a transformational decade in which Afghanistan will be working further for institution building and the development of sounder governance in the country and a better economy, where the Afghans will be taking steady steps towards self-reliance in all aspects of life, that Afghanistan will be collecting its own revenues.
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