 There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike. |
| To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. |
| There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them. |
| But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed. |
| There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction. |
| Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help. |
| The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations. |
| There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world. |
| In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations. |
| Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority. |
| However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another. |
| If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up. |
| But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan. |
