The fourth pillar of the plan would make everyone a stakeholder in the scheme by overhauling the outdated power grid system.

BBC: 'Distributed power' to save Earth

Mr. Karzai remains suspicious, too, of the second main pillar of the American war plan: the creation of a 352, 000-strong Afghan army and police force.

WSJ: Hamid Karzai: Our Man in Kabul?