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(18 votes)   The armies, the difference of all of those armies that had been fighting each other and the Taliban took advantage of that to rule over the whole country.

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(15 votes)   It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.

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(12 votes)   And even very recently, when Taliban was in office, we took the humanitarian task of building hospital, for instance, schools and other arrangements.

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(12 votes)   But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan, then of course we can't hope satisfactory results.

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(11 votes)   After all, we paid great prices because of the virtual partitioning of Iraq.

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(11 votes)   Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it.

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(11 votes)   But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time.

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(11 votes)   I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States.

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(10 votes)   And it is essential that in fighting terrorism, sacrifices should not be made on democracy.

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(10 votes)   But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.

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(10 votes)   No, I believe in the good will of the United States' administration.

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(10 votes)   We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.

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(10 votes)   Well, we wouldn't even think of a military action because that would have extremely adverse results for Turkey. After all, we are on the borders.

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(9 votes)   If politically Afghanistan is left alone, Afghanistan people is left alone, they will mend their own fences, they will form their own problems.

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(9 votes)   So we are fulfilling our task in preventing serious armament stocks in Iraq within our possibilities.

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