mr. rashid. the importance of the regional players and the role they can have in terms of a stable peaceful afghanistan over the long term. there's no more important neighbor than pakistan. our objective is for a stable afghanistan and a stable peace for pakistan and they are related. i will start very basically. there's a lot of discussion about what does pakistan want for afghanistan? do they want the return of the taliban? what are pakistan pasquale's in afghanistan -- what are pakistan's goals in afghanistan? what are they willing to do to bring that about? >> i wish i knew. i wish more people in this room new and i do not think they do. i think marc outlined a very comprehensive vision. i think part of the vision that must emerge in the chicago summit has to be the fact that the aim has to be an end to the war before you leave. if the nato forces will leave afghanistan in a state of civil war, then i think we're looking at total failure at the end of the day. we're looking at the collapse of

mr. rashid.mportance of the regional players and the role they can have in terms of a stable peaceful afghanistan over the long term. there's no more important neighbor than pakistan. our objective is for a stable afghanistan and a stable peace for pakistan and they are related. i will start very basically. there's a lot of discussion about what does pakistan want for afghanistan? do they want the return of the taliban? let's begin -- what are pakistan pasquale's in afghanistan -- what are pakistan's goals in afghanistan? what are they willing to do to bring that about? >> i wish i knew. i wish more people in this room new and i do not think they do. i think marc outlined a very comprehensive vision. i think part of the vision that must emerge in the chicago summit has to be the fact that the aim has to be an end to the war before you leave. if the nato forces will leave afghanistan in a state of civil war, then i think we're looking at total failure at the end of the day. we're looking at the co

mr. rashid's suggestion and then ask in the context of this, there has been an announcement in the last, over the weekend, that, in fact, there is now integral on the issue of night raids, which has been standing in the way of a strategic partnership agreement between the united states and afghanistan. is that strategic partnership agreement now liable to be concluded, and what will it say about a post 2014 presence of the united states in the event that we can't get it all done and get the end we want the twin now 2014? what will it say about a u.s. commitment in afghanistan post-2014? >> first off, thank you very much. when ahmed said, oh, well, it's all got to be done by 2014. stop, the bars are high here but it can't be that i. and so steve, the point that you make about the agreement that we've just reached with the governor of afghanistan on the question of special noted operations night raids combined with one a week or so ago on retention, does open the door from the strategic partnership agreement document and i think it's a very important thing to get signed. i hope it will be

mr. rashid. the importance of the regional players and the role they can have in terms of a stable peaceful afghanistan over the long term. there's no more important neighbor than pakistan. our objective is for a stable afghanistan and a stable peace for pakistan and they are related. i will start very basically. there's a lot of discussion about what does pakistan want for afghanistan? do they want the return of the taliban? let's begin -- what are pakistan pasquale's in afghanistan -- what are pakistan's goals in afghanistan? what are they willing to do to bring that about? >> i wish i knew. i wish more people in this room new and i do not think they do. i think marc outlined a very comprehensive vision. i think part of the vision that must emerge in the chicago summit has to be the fact that the aim has to be an end to the war before you leave. if the nato forces will leave afghanistan in a state of civil war, then i think we're looking at total failure at the end of the day. we're looking at