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Mark Sedwill
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[said:]: Thank you chairman. It is good to be back and a privilege to be undertaking my third role in this great Afghan project.
fco 28-JUN-11
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[-said that]: I have tried to convey to the top leadership of the country to help international community ensure stability in Afghanistan so that not only UK becomes secure but even Pakistan and the region can live in peace and prosperity.
dailytimesPK 27-MAY-11
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[-said]: I have tried to convey to the top leadership of the country to help international community ensure stability in Afghanistan, so that not only UK becomes secure, but even Pakistan and the region can live in peace and prosperity,
irishsun 27-MAY-11
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[ said]: There are forces of reaction who are itching to fire the starting gun on Great Game 3.0, and the insurgents will try to exploit this,
IHT 19-APR-11
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[-said]: This was an act of disrespect to the Muslim faith, and to all peoples of faith. It does not present the views of peoples or governments of the alliance, we condemn it, our condolences of course goes out to all those who have been hurt in the demonstrations over the past few days,
TheFrontierPost 05-APR-11
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[-said]: As President Karzai said afterwards, in areas like Marjah, people preferred the Taliban to his government and regarded him as a puppet: a point he was to repeat publicly and which has affected his political outlook since,
dailytimesPK 31-MAR-11
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[-said]: To be honest, the Pakistanis are preoccupied with those domestic threats. This is out of hand,
dailytimesPK 30-MAR-11
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[-said]: They have their hands full.
dailytimesPK 30-MAR-11
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[ said]: People sometimes say the Pakistanis must do more.... (but) actually they have lost an awful lot of soldiers fighting the groups that target them,
hurriyetdailynews 29-MAR-11
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[-said]: in 2011 we really need to see the same kind of improvements on the civilian side on governance, rule of law and the overall political process domestically and in the region,
earthtimes 26-JAN-11
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[ says]: Pretty much every time I see President Karzai, there's some reference to that piece of British history, or another piece of British history,
NPRnews 06-DEC-10
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[-says]: We've talked this through very extensively with the Pakistani Army and they support the transition process,
globalsecurity 26-NOV-10
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[-said]: In Kabul and the other big cities, actually there are very few of those bombs. The children are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York, or Glasgow or many other cities. Most children can go about their lives in safety. It's a very family-oriented society,
upi 23-NOV-10
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[also said:]: most children
rferl 23-NOV-10
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[-also said]: are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York, or Glasgow and many other cities.
rferl 23-NOV-10
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[-said]: Any comment you have to clarify obviously wasn't very well put and the comparison I made with Western cities distracted attention from the important point I was seeking to make,
reliefWeb 22-NOV-10
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[-said]: But in cities like Kabul where security has improved, the total levels of violence, including criminal violence, are comparable to those which many Western children would experience,
CBC 22-NOV-10
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[-said]: Any comment you have to clarify obviously wasn’t very well put and the comparison I made with Western cities distracted attention from the important point I was seeking to make,
dailytimesPK 22-NOV-10
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[added that:]: in cities like Kabul where security has improved, the total levels of violence, including criminal violence, are comparable to those which many Western children would experience.
AHN 22-NOV-10
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[-said that]: I still feel dizzy and sick sometimes, but I have to come here to sell the scarves.
guardian 22-NOV-10
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[-said]: In Kabul and the other big cities, actually, there are very few of those bombs,
HindustanTimes 22-NOV-10
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[-said]: In Kabul and the other big cities actually there are very few of these bombs. The children are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York or Glasgow or many other cities,
irishsun 22-NOV-10
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[ said]: Most children can go about their lives in safety,
irishsun 22-NOV-10
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[-said]: The children are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York or Glasgow or many other cities,
HindustanTimes 22-NOV-10
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[says:]: Here in Kabul, and other big cities actually, there are very few of these bombs. The children are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York or Glasgow or many other cities.
cnn 22-NOV-10
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[ said]: We think that goal is realistic, and we have made plans to achieve it, but of course if circumstances agree, it could be sooner, absolutely,
arabpolitical 20-NOV-10
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[-said]: We have different perspectives, and it would be much better if we worked out those different perspectives in private,
cnn 19-NOV-10
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[ said]: We are making clear that 2014 is not a moment of which the mission ends. It is just again another big milestone,
NPRnews 19-NOV-10
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[-said]: Clearly it is not helpful,
AP 18-NOV-10
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[-said]: We have different perspectives, that's natural,
msnbc 18-NOV-10
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[said:]: The phrase we used in the [Lisbon] campaign report is that it's a realistic goal but not guaranteed.
WashingtonPost 18-NOV-10
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[-said]: It's still clearly fragile, and there are significant risks and will be a long, hard campaign ahead, but we believe in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to - regaining the initiative after having lost it in the past few years,
WashingtonPost 18-NOV-10
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[-said]: We have different perspectives, and it would be much better if we worked out those different perspectives in private.
WashingtonPost 18-NOV-10
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[-said]: It is not helpful to have a Washington Post headline suggesting a week before the summit that there is friction between the president of Afghanistan and the alliance, or with the ambassador or the general, over the conduct of the strategy,
WashingtonPost 18-NOV-10
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[-said]: There might still be one or two parts of the country where the transition process is ongoing, and that might last into 2015 or beyond,
WashingtonPost 18-NOV-10
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[ said]: We will start with several provinces,
smh 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: There might still be one or two parts of the country where the transition process is ongoing and that might last into 2015 or beyond,
news 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: It's still clearly fragile. There are significant risks and there will be a long and hard campaign ahead, but we believe that in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to, which is that we've regained the initiative having, candidly, lost it in the past few years,
news 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: It's still clearly fragile. There are significant risks and there will be a long and hard campaign ahead, but we believe that in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to, which is that we've regained the initiative — having, candidly, lost it in the past few years,
CBC 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: It's still clearly fragile. There are significant risks and there will be a long and hard campaign ahead, but we believe that in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to, which is that we've regained the initiative - having, candidly, lost it in the past few years,
AP 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: We want to build the Afghan leadership so they're taking more and more responsibility for themselves but we recognize it has got to be underwritten by long-term international commitment,
AP 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: The end of 2014 does not mean that the mission is over, but the mission changes. It's the inflection point, if you like,
news 17-NOV-10
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[ said]: We expect that the transition process will start in the first half of 2011,
news 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: We expect to have strategic overwatch in large parts of the country by that time,
reuters 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: It's a goal,
theglobeandmail 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: realistic but not guaranteed
DailyNation 17-NOV-10
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[-said]: We are working with the government to implement the president’s decree so that the Afghan security forces can take responsibility for protecting the range of work by the international community here on which the prosperity and stability of Afghanistan depends,
khaleejtimes 24-OCT-10
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[-said]: We’re very cautious about it. We’re not beating our chests suggesting that suddenly 2010 has been dramatically different from what happened before.
dailytimesPK 24-OCT-10
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[-said]: We are working with the government to implement the president's decree so that the Afghan security forces can take responsibility for protecting the range of work by the international community here on which the prosperity and stability of Afghanistan depends,
AP 23-OCT-10
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[ said]: We genuinely believe that we are beginning to show real progress,
HindustanTimes 23-OCT-10
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[admitted:]: The channels of communication are open.
skynews 21-OCT-10
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[said:]: Some are significant leaders within the Taliban. How many they represent, how big a faction they represent, is difficult to tell but they are significant figures.
skynews 21-OCT-10
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[-said]: Some of these are significant members of the Taliban leadership,
HindustanTimes 21-OCT-10
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[-said]: in the first half of 2011,
WashingtonPost 19-OCT-10
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[-said]: We believe that we're on course to do that by the end of this year,
WashingtonPost 19-OCT-10
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[-told]: There are areas of the country that are reasonably secure already, and Afghan security forces are capable of handling security already,
irishsun 14-OCT-10
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[-said]: We know the Afghan security forces will need $6-8 billion a year, which will have to be underwritten by the international community,
irishsun 14-OCT-10
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[-concluded]: In sum, transition is all about Afghan leadership and international partnership,
reliefWeb 13-OCT-10
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[-acknowledged that]: It has to depend on conditions.
reuters 13-OCT-10
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[-said]: My sense is ... essentially we're at the embryonic stage,
tehrantimes 30-SEP-10
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[-told]: There are significant leaders there who seem to be weary of the fight and seem to be willing to contemplate a future within the mainstream,
tehrantimes 30-SEP-10
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[-said]: There are some senior members of the insurgency who are genuinely seen reaching out - or accepting, actually, the outreach from the Afghan government - who are seeking a way to reconcile,
newschannel5 29-SEP-10
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[promised:]: A long term international commitment military and civilian because as we all know Afghanistan is a country with enormous challenges and will have enormous challenges for a very long time to come and will need international support.
AHN 29-SEP-10
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[-promised]: We are seeking on the civilian side and on the military side to shift more and more of the responsibility for the campaign and for the future of the country to Afghan leadership and the Afghans themselves want to take that.
AHN 29-SEP-10
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[ noted]: For example, in Germany they have the mandate renewal for German forces in Afghanistan in early 2011,
AHN 29-SEP-10
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[-told]: genuine,
AHN 29-SEP-10
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[-said]: My sense is ... essentially we’re at the embryonic stage,
khaleejtimes 29-SEP-10
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[-told]: We're at an embryonic stage,
smh 29-SEP-10
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[-said]: There are some senior members of the insurgency who are genuinely seen reaching out or accepting, actually, the outreach from the Afghan government who are seeking a way to reconcile,
news 29-SEP-10
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[ said]: A critical issue given that the constituencies are the provinces, is not necessarily the level of turnout — although obviously there is a threshold below which people will start to question the election — but the extent to which it is balanced across the province,
usaToday 23-SEP-10
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[ said]: A critical issue given that the constituencies are the provinces, is not necessarily the level of turnout - although obviously there is a threshold below which people will start to question the election - but the extent to which it is balanced across the province,
irishsun 23-SEP-10
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[-said]: We're well aware of the concerns that the media have about this,
AP 23-SEP-10
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[ said]: A critical issue given that the constituencies are the provinces, is not necessarily the level of turnout although obviously there is a threshold below which people will start to question the election but the extent to which it is balanced across the province,
news 23-SEP-10
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[ said]: A critical issue, given that the constituencies are the provinces, is not necessarily the level of turnout — although obviously there is a threshold below which people will start to question the election — but the extent to which it is balanced across the province,
CBC 23-SEP-10
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[-said]: We hope that the outcome will be genuinely representative and inclusive, so that every tribe, … every ethnic group within Afghanistan, feels they have a fair representation in parliament,
CBC 23-SEP-10
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[-said]: It was an honor on this day, especially, for NATO ISAF forces to support our Afghan partners. We also salute the Afghan Electoral Commission personnel, the team of experts from the U.N., and the Afghan and international observers for their contributions in the preparation for and the conduct of today's elections.
globalsecurity 20-SEP-10
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[said:]: The real issue is the scale of that and does it affect the result. And does it affect the credibility of the election, not in our eyes but in the eyes of the Afghan people?
independent 19-SEP-10
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[-said]: The real issue is the scale of that and does it affect the result. And does it affect the credibility of the election, not in our eyes but in the eyes of the Afghan people,
aljazeera 18-SEP-10
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[-said]: They talk about the purpose of their insurgency being to get rid of international forces from the country,
news24 17-SEP-10
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[-said]: The international coalition supporting Afghanistan with 140,000 troops and billions of dollars will be watching to see if the election will be safe and fair and not a repeat of the fraud-marred presidential vote in August 2009 that nearly undermined Karzai's credibility with his international backe rs. About 2,500 candidates are vying for 249 parliamentary seats allocated among the 34 provinces according to population. Results of the voting for the relatively weak legislature are unlikely to affect Karzai'
kuwaittimes 17-SEP-10
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[ said]: The preparations are miles better than they were last year,
CBSnews 16-SEP-10
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[-told]: The timeline's set and obviously the government will be working through all of the practical implications. We and others will be in touch with them,
news 20-AUG-10
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[ said]: The president’s decree is of course a sovereign decision by the Afghan government to bring order to an industry which for good reason they feel needs stronger regulation, and they have our support,
dailytimesPK 20-AUG-10
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[-said]: We’re not seeking to have transformational progress on the ground that’s not going to happen but we are seeking to have decisive progress,
globalsecurity 07-AUG-10
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[-said]: We’re seeing that in parts of Helmand [province] where we have been for more than a year,
globalsecurity 07-AUG-10
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[-told]: Our aim for this year is to regain the initiative. I think we're beginning to see some tentative signs that that is turning,
TheFrontierPost 26-JUL-10
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[-said]: big political test.
TheFrontierPost 26-JUL-10
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[-said]: We've agreed [at the London conference] to increase that to 50% in the next two years, and what we want to do with the rest of it, as well, is align it with Afghan government priorities,
asiatimes 20-JUL-10
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