But secessionist leaders have pointed to everything from potholed streets to slow police response times to argue that a smaller government would be more responsive.

It was in a huge warehouselike structure that dominated the potholed street.

It is not uncommon to see $1 million mansions on potholed streets bereft of street lights.

The car lurched and heaved over the potholed, cracked-crazed streets of the inner city.

The ancient vehicle kept bouncing on the potholed street.

The next he was on the back of his coach's motorbike, bumping over the potholed streets.

You feel every jolt and bump of the potholed streets.

But there are few places where enthusiasm runs higher than along a potholed back street in this crumbling outpost 90 miles southwest of Kabul.

In the capital's crowded center, even the potholed streets were signed with messages of hope, relief and faith.

One further caution: These old buses on the city's potholed streets can result in a bumpy ride, and seats are cramped for two.