Quotes by Ronald Neumann

“There is certainly more violence and there are violent elements trying to come back, ... I think this is a situation that will probably be difficult for some time.”

“There are people who will try to kill candidates and who will try to stop the election, ... They will fail. They have absolutely no chance of stopping this election.”

“What you have here is already so much better,”

“Dont look only at the foreigner,”

“It would be useful to lay down an internationally agreed set of goals, benchmarks.”

“We have to keep a force thats agile enough to back up NATO.”

“I think this is a [security] situation that will probably be difficult for some time.”

“I dont think that any election is perfect, ... historic milestone in Afghan history.”

“Pakistan is doing a lot more than they were doing, ... They have put thousands of troops on the border. ... I think this is a considerable effort. It is going in the right direction.”

“We have more Afghan police, more Afghan army, more American army, more international forces. I believe we will have a secure elections,”