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" How this border crossing could be pasted together with a few pieces of scrap metal and turned into one of the main channels of Chinese goods to Central Asia is impressive when you stand there observing the bedlam and the corruption and the awkwardly packed strollers loaded with televisions . Despite this , the US cannot push Pakistan out of its camp as its [ the US 's ] presence in Afghanistan is heavily dependent on Pakistan . The BDC is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors comprised of highly skilled professionals from the local community , and is staffed by personnel who are friendly , knowledgeable and dedicated to helping small business grow and prosper . Dr. Loeb is also an associate professor of business ( by courtesy ) at Standford and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of economic Research . Nicholas Schmidle is a freelance writer based in Washington , DC.