Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

I am certain that the people of Afghanistan are very happy tonight and see in this constitution a new source of hope. ... The time for jihad is finished.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.

The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that.

This incident, which follows similar incidents, adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the country,