operate anywhere in afghanistan now or in the future. mr. secretary, you mentioned the force protection concerns and ambassador bass going to afghanistan and the discussions. but how are you going to get someone who is able to go out beyond the wire and negotiate functionally, regularly in that weekly basis with individuals where you can t force protection? we are going to have to improve the security environment. the environment today is not conducive to carrying out those types of activities. you re exactly right. so part of what we re going to have to do is first ensure we re ready to engage when conditions permit us to engage. why pakistan is very important in this discussion. pakistan can facilitate much of that discussion. and there are other reasonable players to which this particular conflict and this unstable situation in afghanistan are important. we ve had discussions with the
security. no safe haven for terrorists to operate anywhere in afghanistan now or in the future. mr. secretary, you mentioned the forced protection concerns and ambassador bass shortly going to afghanistan and the discussions, but how are you going to get someone who is able to go out beyond the wire and negotiate, functionally, regularly, in that weekly basis with individuals from the haqqani network and that forced protection concern. well, we are going to have to improve the security environment. it is not the environment today is not conducive to carrying out those types of activities. you are exactly right. and so part of what we re going to have to do is first ensure we re ready to engage when conditions permit us to engage. it, again, is why pakistan is very important in this discussion as well. pakistan can facilitate much of that discussion, and there are other regional players to which
terrorists to operate anywhere in afghanistan now or in the future. you mention the forced concerns. shortly before going to srap. how are you going to be able to get someone who s able to go out beyond the wire and negotiate regularly in that weekly basis with members from the hakani network. we re going to have to improve the security environment. the environment today is not conducive to carrying out those types of activities. you re exactly right. we re going to have to engage when it s important to engage. there are other aren t players to which this particular