Friday, May 25, 2007

Future of world linked to Afghanistan: Khalilzad

UNITED NATIONS: New US Ambassador to United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad assured the United States was committed towards making Afghanistan a strong and stable prosperous democratic nation. --- Afghanistans future is very important for us. It is obviously important for the people of Afghanistan. It is also important for the future of the region and the world. What happens in Afghanistan would have an impact not only on the region, but the world over. --- There are dilemmas with regard to building state institutions, meeting the expectations of the people in terms of rule of law, in terms of economic prosperity. There is violence which has been perpetrated by the enemies of Afghanistan that has to be dealt with. --- Khalilzad said: I have a strong conviction that the people of Afghanistan want to succeed. They have seen problems caused by extremism, by terror, by backwardness. They want to be the masters of their own destiny. ---- I hope the leaders of the region would learn from the experience of Europe, which chose after World War II a different model of cooperation in security, political, economic and other fields. Now they are more prosperous than ever but the rule by which they play and compete is very different. That is something which has to happen in this region ultimately because now the focus of the world is on it because of its problems.

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