"It's fulfilling all the wishes of those who believe in a clash of civilizations and so far moderate voices have been drowned out"
"All Muslims were repulsed by the cartoons, even non-practicing ones whose Muslim identity is more cultural than religious. That doesn't mean there hasn't been manipulation"
"There are many Dostums. If you bring up records right now of warlords, you wouldn't find a single clean person in Afghanistan"
"The main issue now is to provide Afghanistan and the government there with the resources to be able to begin reconstruction"
"Hizb ut-Tahrir does not advocate a violent overthrow of Muslim regimes... Instead HT believes in winning over mass support, believing that one day these supporters will rise up in peaceful demonstrations and overthrow the regimes of Central Asia"
"Thus, there is a high probability that the new parliament, rather than being a venue for discussing development goals, will be an overheated venue for anti-Karzai criticism"
Ahmed Rashid (b. 1948 in Rawalpindi) is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
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