By 51% to 41%, they would rather concentrate on crushing the Taliban militarily than rebuilding the Afghan economy.
The Afghan economy relies heavily on international development and military assistance.
And discussions will also cover our combined strategy to bring peace and security to Afghanistan, longer-term bilateral relations, shared responsibility behind efforts to improve accountability and the performance of the Afghan government, and the growth of the Afghan economy in sustainable ways.
Once the transition to Afghan forces is completed, once the bulk of the international forces have withdrawn from Afghanistan, we hope that the dividends of that transition economically to Afghanistan will be beneficial to the Afghan people, and will not have adverse effects on Afghan economy and the prosperity that we have gained in the past many years.
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Should the economy collapse, the Afghan government's ability to deal with security issues would be substantially eroded.
The electricity generation has already provided a direct boost to the economy with hundreds of construction jobs for Afghan citizens.
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As far as our own experience, well-known experiences, I would very much like to see the Afghan people in the near future having an effective state and a modern economy, which requires toiling more than a year.
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Although Western money has done a great deal to create a modern economy, much of it has been captured by a tiny minority of well-connected Afghan businessmen and politicians, often illegitimately.
That is the responsibility of the Afghan government, which must step up its ability to protect its people, and move from an economy shaped by war to one that can sustain a lasting peace.
Although a legitimate government was elected by the Afghan people, it's been hampered by corruption, the drug trade, an under-developed economy, and insufficient security forces.
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Within Afghanistan, we must help grow the economy, while developing alternatives to the drug trade by tapping the resilience and the ingenuity of the Afghan people.
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