We have got to get rid of this idea that this is an American problem or a Western problem.

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So extensive is this infrastructural problem that no reasonable amount of Western technology or investment can correct it fully.

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It said the Taliban movement "always tries to solve the issue or the problem with the opposite side through talks" and warned the Western coalition that they would "never force the Afghans to obey them by force".

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