Medecins du Monde is doing what it can. It hopes that its present two-year budget of $1 million will be extended into 2004. But it is a struggle, says Matthieu Tillet, the agency's regional director. "Our mission is only to support the Afghan government in its task of running the hospital," he says. "We don't want to take over." Sometimes that means taking a back seat in disputes Afghan doctors would prefer foreigners to solve. afghansolidarity