We do not like such incidents and I hope such incidents will not occur again. |
We do not think a serious terrorist challenge is emanating from Afghanistan. |
We feared lots of attacks, lots of sabotage, lots of terrorist activities, |
We had a very tragic incident yesterday in which Dr. Rahman, our minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism, was assassinated, martyred. God bless him. |
We had information about last week that Mullah Omar was somewhere in western Afghanistan ... in a mountainous area. We sent people to look for him. We could not find him, but we will keep looking for both these persons and they will be arrested. It's just a question of time. |
We have a constitution that we have today which is the most enlightened in that part of the world, ... And that constitution has been made possible because of the liberation that you helped us gain and because of the stability that the United States helped us have in Afghanistan. |
We have a duty before our people to deliver, to the best of our ability, an Afghanistan that is free, stable, prosperous and enjoying a dignified place in the region and the world. |
We have agreed to the people of Afghanistan that we will bring peace in this country, we will bring dignity to this country, that our sisters and mothers should not have fear of weapons. We do not want this anymore, ... I will not accept government that is useless and cannot do anything. |
We have done our job, |
We have now left a hard and dark past behind us and today we are opening a new chapter in our history, |
We have received reassurances that the United States will continue to support Afghanistan, that the attention there will be focused and continuous and that Iraq will not reduce attention from Afghanistan or the amount of help given to Afghanistan, |
We hope that this signature will bring to Afghanistan the stability and peace that we needed for so many years, ... We also hope that the cooperation between the Afghan state and the international security force and the United Nations will bring to an absolute end the presence of terrorism and banditry in Afghanistan. |
We hope that this signature will bring to Afghanistan the stability and peace that we needed for so many years. We also hope that the cooperation between the Afghan state and the international security force and the United Nations will bring to an absolute end the presence of terrorism and banditry in Afghanistan. |
We hope very much that a day will come very soon that such transit would be allowed from India through Pakistan to Afghanistan as well, and beyond. And also that Pakistan will have access to Indian roads to send its goods to East Asia. |
We in Afghanistan remember President Reagan very, very fondly, ... He's been a very good friend and ally. |