“ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] grew out of the UN-sponsored conference of a wide range of Afghan leaders, which met in Bonn [Germany] in December [20] 2001. At that same meeting, the leaders also established the Afghan Transitional Authority, led by Hamid Karzai, and laid the groundwork for the political revitalization of Afghanistan.”
– Dov S. Zakheim, A Vulcan’s Tale, Page 176