FRANCE: OPPOSITION LEADER MASSOUD SAYS AFGHAN PEACE WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE IF INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE STOPS PAKISTAN FROM SUPPORTING TALIBAN

Record ID: 896000

  • Title: FRANCE: OPPOSITION LEADER MASSOUD SAYS AFGHAN PEACE WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE IF INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE STOPS PAKISTAN FROM SUPPORTING TALIBAN
  • Date: 31st March 2001
  • Summary: (U3)PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 04, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS, AHMED SHAH MASOOD COMING OUT OF FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCOMPANIED BY HUBERT VEDRINE AND OTHERS 0.23 2. VARIOUS, OF MASOOD SHAKING HANDS WITH HUBERT VEDRINE MAND OTHERS AND WALKING TO CAR 0.38 3. VARIOUS, , MASOOD'S CAR AND ESCORT LEAVING FOREIGN MINISTRY (2 SHOTS) 0.49 (W5)PARIS, FRANCE (4 APRIL 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 4. VARIOUS, OF MASOOD ARRIVING AT PRESS CONFERENCE AND SITTING DOWN (3 SHOTS) 1.05 5. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD SAYING: "The destruction of these unique pieces of art has not only had an impact outside Afghanistan but also inside our country." 1.21 6. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 1.25 7. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD TALKING ABOUT THE RECENT DESTRUCTION OF THE BUDDHA STATUES SAYING: "I would like to take this opportunity to say that for better understanding the way of thinking of the Taliban and for better recognizing their true faces, one must reflect upon the destruction they have waged on these statues." 1.40 8. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 1.46 9. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD SAYING: "Day by day the Taliban become more and more isolated in Afghanistan, and this isolation pushes them to seek even further support from Bin Laden, the religious Pakistani school of Madrasa, and Pakistan itself." 2.02 10. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 2.05 11. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD SAYING: "Given the nature of the Pakistani interference [in Afghanistan's affairs], and the fact that the unjust behaviour of the Taliban becomes more and more obvious, the resistance grows and gets organized at the very core of the whole Afghan population, all ethnic groups included --Pashtun, Uzbek, Hazara, Tajik--, and in the near future you will witness a popular movement against the Taliban, with the Pashtun being part of it." 2.30 12. SCU MASOOD 2.34 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD SAYING: "What we expect from Europe is that it takes fundamental steps towards the restoration of peace in Afghanistan." 3.01 14. PAN FROM MEDIA TO PRESS CONFERENCE 3.07 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Farsi) MASOOD SAYING: "We've said already that the road to peace and the end of the war in Afghanistan lies in the hands of the international community, who must exert strong pressure on Pakistan." 3.25 16. WIDE OF TV CAMERAS TO PRESS CONFERENCE
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  • Keywords: AHMED SHAH MASOOD; Bin Laden
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  • Location: Paris France
  • City: Paris
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: ID:tag:reuters.com,2001:newsml_VA4Q4MT3OYBFAH7LV8O1GFK4YOC:1
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