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On a regular basis, NATO organizes a videoteleconference (VTC) with ISAF General Officers. During these interviews, journalists have the opportunity to ask questions on the current ISAF operations.

Brigadier General Macko, Director Combined Joint Operations Centre, ISAF HQ, Kabul - VTC, 4 October 2007:

"Our strategy is to give this country a chance for reconstruction and development and for better conditions... As opposed to our strategy, the strategy of insurgents is unrest and violence... We very carefully plan every single operation and every single action, and if there is any chance that we might affect civilians, we don't go for action... We are not here to fight a war. We are supporting the legal Government of Afghanistan and helping it to provide basic security and stability"