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To: LindyBill who wrote (38636)	4/9/2004 2:48:46 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

What was once a 30-hour journey can be accomplished in just 5 or 6 years, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations on Thursday. Now THAT is government efficiency at its finest! ;P timesofindia.indiatimes.com ------------------------------------------------------------ US envisages to connect Afghan with India by road PTI[ FRIDAY, APRIL 09, 2004 10:20:10 AM ] WASHINGTON: The United States is planning to connect Afghanistan with Central Asian countries, Pakistan and India by extending the newly built Kabul-Kandahar highway, which according to Washington will put the 'Silk Road' back into operation. "President Bush's commitment to de-mine and repave the entire stretch of the Kabul-Kandahar highway was fulfilled. The road had not been functional for over 20 years. What was once a 30-hour journey can be accomplished in just 5 or 6 years, Secretary of State Colin Powell told a Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations on Thursday. "This fundamentally changes all kinds of dynamics within Afghanistan. People can move around. The country can be brought back together with the simple act of completing this road," he said. Elaborating Washington's plans to extend the road to the west as well as the north, he said we will "try to create a ring road in this Central Asian nation that then can connect to the other Central Asian nations, to Pakistan, and through Pakistan, ultimately to India, which will put the Silk Road back into operation after so many years of misuse and no use." On Iraq, he sought to play down the impact of the current fighting between US-led forces and Sunni and Shiite fighters. "Despite the headlines of the last several days, the Coalition Provisional Authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council have made great strides in the area of security, in the area of economic stability and growth and democratisation," he said.