To ask brave soldiers to go into the inferno of Afghanistan and Iraq and by virtue of their skill and courage, under the televised scrutiny of a global audience, end the rule of murderers was not easy. Nor was staying on to help the helpless. Yes, the truly frightening alternative was the blustering inaction that we have seen for the past 20 years that led to September 11 and the real quagmire in the Middle East.
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Afghanistan needs more than a quick fix? It needs sustained and targeted support to help it out of its crushing poverty.
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Iran must know that if the soil of Afghanistan is attacked, we will target Iranian cities and the entire responsibility will rest with Iranian authorities.
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There's no grass in Afghanistan.
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We are very concerned about having troops in one of the most difficult provinces of Afghanistan. We would then have troops that are both peace-building and fighting and that is confusing. For the people living there it would not be clear when they deal with a Dutch soldier whether they are dealing with a peacemaker or a fighting soldier and that is a dangerous thing.
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It is a matter of great happiness that the people of Afghanistan themselves are deciding on their new cabinet.
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Until now, there has obviously only been an executive. And we really see that there is a chance to pull together a lot of people from a lot of different backgrounds, perhaps from different factions in the past, from different sectarian groups, getting some women in there obviously and bringing them all together to give them a voice on the future direction of Afghanistan.
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Politics is a part of everyday life in Afghanistan, so I think it's not right to say that they are completely inexperienced in politics. But, yes, they are going to need a lot of support to begin with, learning their way. Some of them will be illiterate, but I'm not too worried. Leaders will emerge there pretty quick, and they'll know what they are doing. They know about politics.
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The situations in Afghanistan and Iraq serve to underscore the precarious state of this fundamental freedom.
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They are being held in various places. Some are held by private commanders in temporary holding places, some are held in U.S. Forces' bases, others are held in normal holding places in Afghanistan.
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The thinking was that he (bin Laden) was in Afghanistan, and he was dangerous. But because he was there, we had a better chance to kill him
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The only thing I did in Afghanistan was farming. I did not do anything else in the country.
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They should understand that destroying those statues is not going to serve anything. They are not helping them but are making bad publicity about Islam -- and Islam has nothing to do with what is happening in Afghanistan.
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Like Afghanistan produced the last generation of terrorists, Iraq will produce the current and future generations of terrorists
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Statistics received indicate that in just 30 days we lost some 1162 people on our roads. This means the country has been losing 39 people every day to car accidents. Even viewed against war scenarios such as the current war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the casualties on our roads come out worse.
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A stable democratic government in Afghanistan is the larger strategic objective. The intention is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become in any way a haven supporting radicalism and terrorism, as it had in the Taliban time. Helping Afghanistan to consolidate would be in India's interest.
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Bush invades countries like Iraq and Afghanistan, takes control of their natural resources and bleeds them dry, that's unacceptable.
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The sapphires have a distinctive deep blue color with violet overtones. There have been 330 grams of sapphires mined from Beluga. It's an unusual sapphire occurrence and it's being compared to the beautiful tourmalines and aquamarine occurrences in Afghanistan and Pakistan as far as gem quality stone.
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The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.
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It's the other countries, and especially Afghanistan, which needs to do more.
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There's a part of Afghanistan where there's overt violence, and there's a part where there's more subtle intimidation. That creates an obstacle for people who are dedicated to taking part in the election.
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There are several districts, particularly in southern Afghanistan, where the government doesn't even really exist.
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He says he'll never send troops into harm's way without enough firepower and support, but he voted against all of the firepower and support when it mattered most for our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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With cases of the deadly disease detected in Iran and India, Afghanistan is practically surrendered. Today we can say that an outbreak of the disease among birds in Afghanistan is virtually unavoidable.
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This is an historic moment for the people of Afghanistan.
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