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...things look in the country he governs but almost never sees. Khalilzad unfurls a large map and points out various reconstruction projects marked in red and green ink--a network of roads and schools and irrigation canals that will be built, he says, as soon as the U.S. and NATO bring order to Afghanistan. Karzai nods impatiently but brightens when he locates the one major rebuilding achievement of his tenure: a 300-mile road linking Kabul to Kandahar. "Do you know how long it took to reach Kandahar before?" he asks. "Twelve hours, sometimes 18. Now I had a delegation...
That said, there's still plenty to complain about. Afghanistan is years away from stability. The new national army has enlisted just 5,700 soldiers and last year suffered a 22% desertion rate, according to NATO officials. It doesn't venture far outside Kabul. In an interview with TIME, Karzai acknowledged that he needs help. "Afghanistan is not yet capable of standing on its own feet, of defending or sustaining itself," he says...
...GERMANY Frosty relations with the U.S. seemed to thaw as Chancellor Gerhard Schröder met U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House. While Schröder insisted that German troops would not go to Iraq , he also said Berlin will not stand in the way if NATO decides to send peacekeeping troops there, and will lead the way in forgiving part of Iraq's $120 billion foreign debt, a key Bush Administration goal. In one German opinion poll, however, 71% agreed that America 's pursuit of its interests is "inconsiderate and egotistical." Al-Qaeda Accused TURKEY Prosecutors...
...that "if they want a consensus, they need the British view," Bertram says. Case in point: the deal reached last December to have a separate planning unit for E.U. military forces - highly desired by France, Belgium and Germany, deeply mistrusted by Washington because of its potential to compete with nato. Blair delivered a compromise that satisfied France and Germany, and the rest of Europe followed. The Big Three also pulled together, outside the E.U.'s foreign-policy machine, to get Iran to accept enhanced nuclear inspections. After seeing Schröder for a warm-up meeting last week, Blair said...
...drug benefit to the elderly--fairly sketchy initiatives, but most voters don't read policy papers. The economy seems poised to recover. And the President may even be moving quietly toward depriving the Democrats of their most popular foreign-policy complaint--that he hasn't involved the U.N. and NATO in Iraq. (Both may well be involved in the transition to a new Iraqi government this spring...