"We need new gloves,books. We need teachers." Thompson's staff of 13 is now down to just three - all working for free.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates. "There is a general feeling I could say that with all these additional troops and all these additional efforts that everybody is making to get to the elections in Afghanistan, to have a free and fair election and then see over the next months whether we can begin to shift the momentum,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.11