The London Conference should not be an occasion for celebratory backslapping, but for rolling up sleeves and making up for past weak performance. The gains made by Afghans are not sustainable without greater international support and commitment.

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We're not speculating. We've got a contingency plan. We're rolling up our sleeves.

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I think we are just rolling our sleeves up and working hard - that's what you've got to do in this league.

— Nigel Worthington

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It's not that we're not feeling celebratory, ... The space shuttle isn't flying right now. And we got to figure out how to finish flying the space shuttle in the next four years and to finish building the space station like we promised to.

— William McArthur

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