A Quote by Ahmed Rashid

The problem right now, which I've been pointing out very bluntly to American officials in Washington, is that the U.S. has no economic presence in Afghanistan. The Afghans can't point and say, "Oh, the Americans built that road. They built that telecommunications facility. They built that electricity powerhouse," because nothing has been built so far.

Ahmed Rashid

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Ahmed Rashid
Afghani - Journalist
Born: 1948

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