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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together. Lakhdar Brahimi
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It is in the best interest of Afghan people if the election is held in a peaceful environment. A peaceful election is a success of the Afghan people.
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'In the nineteenth century, we beat the British more than once,' Afghans often told me. 'In the twentieth century, we beat the Russians. In the twenty-first, if we have to, we'll beat the Americans!' William T. Vollmann
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The first time I visited Afghanistan in May 2000, I was 26 years old, and the country was under Taliban rule. I went there to document Afghan women and landmine victims. Lynsey Addario
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The film observes these people in the course of their daily routines, and hears the stories they tell about their past and present lives and their concerns for the future. The film is about the ways in which foreigner and Afghan warily co-exist in the city, each relying on the other, but neither sure of the other's intentions.
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The majority of Afghans do not see the Americans as foreign occupiers who must be defeated. Instead, they are hungry for the Americans to step up and help them make their country safer, their government cleaner and their economy stronger. They are disappointed because the international community has done too little, not too much. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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and not to forget the Muslim Afghan population who they assisted during their jihad against the Soviet occupation. Hamid Karzai
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In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'd become friendly. That morning, a gunman had pulled up alongside Rahmani's vehicle, idling in a crowded intersection, and shot him point blank.
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When US-led forces toppled the Taliban government in November 2001, Afghans celebrated the downfall of a reviled and discredited regime.
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The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important.
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The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails. Lindsey Graham
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Once again the Afghan people have shown how determined they are to build a better future for their country. Tony Blair
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It's amazing what the soldiers are doing to help the Afghan people, Darryl Worley
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We are concerned to read news that Afghan groups are asking for military assistance, the Northern Alliance has said so,
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At the same time as the minister's vehicles were passing by, a group of Afghan National Army soldiers fired at each other over a dispute which they had from previous days,
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The London Conference should not be an occasion for celebratory backslapping, but for rolling up sleeves and making up for past weak performance. The gains made by Afghans are not sustainable without greater international support and commitment.
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(It) is the day of self-determination for the Afghan people,
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We provide transit facilities, we cooperate in equipping the Afghan army and security forces with arms and helicopters, we cooperate in training officers for law enforcement agencies.
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We're going to continue to engage Afghan authorities on this matter in order to help seek accountability for any violations that may have occurred. Tommy Franks
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A new wave of millions of Afghans will overwhelm hospitality, (we must) insure that we have local and federal governments on board.
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Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad. Maz Jobrani
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The start of the repatriation season is slow, as some 15 Afghan families comprising about 75 individuals have left Pakistan over the last two days, including five families that returned on Wednesday. But this is quite usual.
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These courses are creating women role models that demonstrate what Afghan women can do if given the opportunity.
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The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets. Richard Engel
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The Taliban may pine for a pre-industrial society, but most Afghans do not.
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The Taliban are thankful to the Afghan people for rejecting the U.S. drama. Our jihad (holy war) will continue until the withdrawal of foreign infidel troops, and our attacks will be expedited. The Taliban have become more organized and strong.
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The success of the Conference should be judged by how much donors commit to do for the security and development of the Afghan people, not their own political agendas. The real measure of security and development in Afghanistan is not the number of foreign troops, but whether people feel safe enough to go to the market, to travel at night to seek medical care, or to send their children to school.
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Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort rose to prominence fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Afghan territory holds special significance to the group, which is committed to retaking it and re-establishing it as the base of a global movement.
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Afghan human rights campaigners worry that U.S. forces may be using secret detention sites like the one allegedly at Rish-Khor to carry out interrogations away from prying eyes. The U.S. military, however, denies even having knowledge of the facility.
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Afghan authorities are investigating the matter. If these reports are true, we condemn the incident and urge that all of them be released.
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Afghan and U.S. forces did not open fire based on these initial movements, choosing instead to develop the situation,
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After literally hundreds of firefights, Chosen Company became increasingly battle-hardened. And they also became increasingly suspicious of their Afghan counterparts, believing - with their lives on the line at the end of the day - that they could only truly rely on themselves.
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These expectations of the people will have to be met. What the election does is give the Afghan people a new channel to voice their opinions and demands.