Ryan Crocker, the outgoing U. S. ambassador in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Fears that the exit of most foreign troops in 2014 portends another Afghan civil war or precipitous economic slide are ``unlikely scenarios,'' Ryan Crocker, the outgoing U. S. ambassador in Kabul said Thursday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)