so far as the afghan president, perha perha perhaps ba perhaps -- the first thing the afghan president needs to do is build a coalition on the side of the people who support the afghan government and then deal with the insurgency. the second question that plays into is that is the broken relationship between the executive and the parliament. the government system at the national level is not working. there is almost a complete breakdown of relations between the executive and the parliament, which in part has to do with the third thing about political coalition building that we need the development of political parties and political blocks in afghanistan. there is no functioning democracy on earth that can work without this and unless the afghans get serious about developing party politics so they can build blocks, they can build coalition about issues and ensure a voting discipline in the parliament, then the political system will continue to fail. so i think that that is what i have to say and look forward to a discussion about some is of these other issues. >> gentlemen, thank you. b

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