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We will never be a pawn in someone else's game. We will always be Afghanistan.

— Ahmad Shah Massoud Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda (2005)

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If we stop fighting, terrorism will spread all over the world.

I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any duty at the service of my people.

I am afraid to die sometimes, but God is the one to decide when a person dies. I want to live to the fullest until then.

If President Bush doesn't help us, these terrorists will damage the U.S. and Europe very soon.

The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We have always been opposed to extremist tendencies of Islam and we still are. We have not stopped insisting on defending an Islam of tolerance which would be profitable to every Muslim, in Afghanistan and in the whole world, and we will always defend it.

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