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...Khowst province, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was pleased to see a sincere counterinsurgency effort (FDHC Regulatory Intelligence Database (2), 2007). Gates was pleased, he noted because Khowst had been, for years, a seat of insurgent activities (FDHC Regulatory Intelligence Database (2), 2007). The dramatic turnaround represented good news for all concerned because it led to not only the quashing of insurgents, but also economic and civil development (FDHC Regulatory Intelligence Database (2), 2007).
The other good thing, at least from the U.S. point of view, is that the effort and cooperation between Afghanistan's national government, the local government and the provincial reconstruction team led to what Gates dubbed as "tangible results," which included a reduction in violence (FDHC Regulatory Intelligence Database (2), 2007). At one point, while suicide bombs had gone of in Khowst once a week, on average, the average had dropped to once a month (FDHC Regulatory Intelligence Database (2), 2007).
Khowst represented more than simply reducing the number...