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	Abdullah (Afghanistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdullah (born 1961), an Afghan politician, was the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan.
		Abdullah was born in Kandahar, studied ophthalmology at Kabul University’s Department of Medicine and obtained his M.D in 1983.
		Abdullah was the foreign minister of the Afghan Northern Alliance's government from 1998 onwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdullah_(Afghanistan) (229 words)

	AEI - Events
		Abdullah stressed that missing the opportunity to invest in Afghanistan and establish a functioning democratic state would be a loss for all mankind.
		Abdullah emphasized that the tragic events of September 11 focused the United States and its allies on real threats and presented an opportunity to free Afghanistan from terrorist rule.
		Abdullah was disappointed with the Western media's portrayal of events in Afghanistan, such as the recent assassination of Vice President Abdul Qadir, as arising solely from ethnic tension.
	www.aei.org /events/filter.economic,eventID.114/summary.asp (745 words)

	Arrested in Afghanistan: Abdullah, 25, an Iranian jihadist 'rejected by the Taliban' \| Special reports \| Guardian ...
		Abdullah's journey to jihad, from a quiet town in western Iran to the battlefield of Afghanistan, suggests the conflict has started to attract freshly indoctrinated foreigners and their shadowy mentors.
		Abdullah said he had left his home in Kamyaran in the western province of Kurdistan six weeks earlier, telling his family he was going to Tehran to work.
		Abdullah was sent to a secret training camp near the Iraqi border that he believed was run by the Iranian government.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/story/0,,1885371,00.html (1556 words)

	Gulfnews: Taliban aim to destabilise Afghanistan - Abdullah
		Afghanistan faces yet another Taliban stratagem to destabilise the country, said Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah in the wake of the killing of UN aid worker Bettina Goislard in Ghazni last week.
		Abdullah was referring to the scaling back of aid operations in the volatile south and southeast by the UN in the aftermath of the Goislard killing.
		Abdullah, who fought alongside the legendary Ahmed Shah Massood for over 20 years before the Tajik commander was assassinated only days before 9/11, believes that the Taliban's rallying call to Pashtuns that their cause is not being served by the Tajik dominated Karzai government will no longer wash.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/03/11/24/103682.html (767 words)

	Dateline - Transcript - Abdullah Abdullah Interview
		ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: No, I think in that case all the circumstances has to be seen and I think their family will be the best to judge what was the circumstances around it.
		ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: In a situation where every single Afghan citizen was harassed inside their houses by the regime of terror and tyranny of Taliban and al-Qa'ida. And then you open the world and bring new hopes for the people.
		ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: That has been our demand lately and we are very grateful to the government of Australia and the people of Australia for their promise, for their engagement, for their commitment to Afghanistan.
	news.sbs.com.au /dateline/index.php?page=transcript&dte=2005-08-17&headlineid=1009 (1932 words)

	Afghanistan's rebuke - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Abdullah came to Washington recently with a potent complaint: Members of Afghanistan's former Taliban regime, and its sympathizers, are regrouping in parts of Pakistan.
		Abdullah's decision to drop his complaint in Washington demonstrates that the Afghan government's concerns have become more pointed, and top officials feel America is not doing enough in back channels to address the Taliban's Pakistan-based resurgence.
		Abdullah sought to reassure Pakistan that it has nothing to fear from Afghanistan and won't be encircled by neighboring adversaries.
	www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20031120-075903-7572r.htm (508 words)

	Online NewsHour: Building A Nation -- July 25, 2002
		ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: It is, rather than fearing for the life, it is to enhance the security measures for the president and other leaders.
		Afghanistan is a country, which has the potential that, in some years, in five years, six years from now, it will be a country which can stand on its own feet, rather than foreign assistances.
		ABDULLAH ABDULLAH: From the money which was pledged for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, a part of it has been disbursed, but it has been mainly in terms of humanitarian assistances not reconstruction assistances.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/afghanistan/building_7-25.html (1463 words)

	A Conversation with H.E. Abdullah Abdullah on U.S.-Afghanistan Relations - Council on Foreign Relations
		Abdullah is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English, and also speaks some Arabic and French, so questions in all languages are welcome, and without further ado, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
		Then, at the same time, the process of reconstruction of Afghanistan started, the Tokyo Conference [on the reconstruction of Afghanistan], on the 22nd of January 2002, was the pledging conference for Afghanistan, where something like $5 billion were pledged for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
		But, what was needed, and what is needed in Afghanistan, is the continued commitment from the international community of supporting Afghanistan in the way ahead, in the days and years to come, and I'm very happy that with the United States we have reached that understanding.
	www.cfr.org /publication/8151/conversation_with_he_abdullah_abdullah_on_usafghanistan_relations.html (6079 words)

	A Conversation with Abdullah Abdullah [Rush transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.] - Council on Foreign Relations
		ABDULLAH: When we started up the Bonn agreement, it was mainly the—(inaudible)—who were against the Taliban and al Qaeda and old Mujaheddin which had fought against the Soviets, who joined hands and supported the process and welcomed the process and, of course, supported President Karzai as the president of Afghanistan and then moved along.
		ABDULLAH: And we have suffered because of similar situations which the world was not interested in Afghanistan, and as a result of that, the world suffered and we suffered enormously.
		ABDULLAH: I would say that in today’s situation, if there are enough resources and efforts are made to prevent any abuses of human rights from taking place—or grave abuses of human rights from taking place—today under this circumstances, in itself, will serve that interest of justice of the past and justice of today.
	www.cfr.org /publication/8897/conversation_with_abdullah_abdullah_raw_transcript_federal_news_service_inc.html (7392 words)

	CNN.com - Northern Alliance: U.S. strikes accurate - October 7, 2001
		Abdullah Abdullah is the foreign minister of the Northern Alliance, which is fighting to overthrow the Taliban militia's control of Afghanistan.
		ABDULLAH: I think peace will be established in Afghanistan, and the international community should support the people of Afghanistan to achieve its final goal, which is giving the people of Afghanistan the right of self-determination.
		ABDULLAH: In recent years it was mainly terrorist groups which were in control of the situation in Afghanistan, foreign friends of Taliban which were in control of Afghanistan.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/07/ret.abdullah.attacks.cnna (708 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
		By Afghanland.com: Shaikh al Islam `Abdullah e Ansari was born on 4 May 1006 in Heart, a province in western Afghanistan.
		Khwaja Abdullah belongs to a short list of the most excellent poets of the sufi realm, Khwaja Abdullah’s literatury works is described by Nasr Musajja as strangely enough the most important works to our society.
		Khwaja Abdullah Ansari died in Herat the year 1088, and is burial place in Herat is still today a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Sufis and fans.
	afghanland.com /poetry/ansari.html (353 words)

	Afghans seeking better bombing coordination -DAWN - International; January 11, 2002
		Abdullah said he had mentioned bombing coordination in general terms with Zalmay Khalilzad, the visiting US envoy for Afghanistan, and thought the Defence Ministry had also mentioned it to the US military.
		Abdullah said he was sure almost all of around 60 people killed in one such attack in late December were Taliban supporters, even though residents said 107 innocent people had died.
		Abdullah said some Afghans providing targeting information to the US military might have called in airstrikes on their rivals instead of suspected Taliban, leading to the charge of civilian casualties.
	www.dawn.com /2002/01/11/int14.htm (748 words)

	AEI - Short Publications
		To outline the type of difficulties Afghans face, Abdullah described the area north of Kabul, which he recently visited: "A single room was not standing.
		Abdullah said that only about one-third of the aid promised for this year had been received.
		Abdullah stressed that while this aid is indispensable, the only way to solve the security problem and prepare Afghanistan for the future is for the international community to provide more reconstruction aid.
	www.aei.org /publications/pubID.15147,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (604 words)

	Afghanistan: Outgoing Foreign Minister In Dark Over Sacking
		Abdullah expressed some unhappiness, saying that "I told the president that, naturally, anyone removed from a post -- even a lower-ranking one -- would be unhappy." However, he was restrained in his comments.
		Abdullah first came to prominence in the 1980s when he became a senior adviser towards Ahmed Shah Masood, a ethnic-Tajik resistance leader.
		Abdullah, who will remain the country's acting foreign minister until the new cabinet is approved by the Afghan parliament, was the last major leader of the Northern Alliance in the cabinet.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/03/mil-060328-rferl01.htm (466 words)

	Abdullah Abdullah Addresses Afghanistan Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Abdullah Abdullah, addressed a standing-room-only crowd in GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium Oct. 21.
		Abdullah was a key figure in the Loya Jirga, the national assembly of civic, tribal, and administrative leaders to decide the establishment of a transitional government.
		Among the challenges Abdullah cited were the discrepancy between the large amounts of humanitarian aid and limited funds devoted to assistance in reconstructing the nation’s infrastructure decimated by 25 years of turmoil.
	www.gwu.edu /~bygeorge/nov5ByG!/abdullah.html (141 words)

	‘Abdu’llah (name) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		‘Abdu’llah ibn Sa‘ad, the son of Said and foster-brother of Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, led the Muslim invasion of Libya from 647 to 648.
		‘Abdu’llah of Khurasan, a Tahirid governor in the Abbasid caliphate.
		Abdullah al-Amiri, a judge in the trial of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was replaced after allegations of bias.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdullah (348 words)

	USATODAY.com - Agreement reached on Afghanistan peacekeepers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An agreement was finalized Sunday on the multinational peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Abdullah said, adding that Osama bin Laden may still be in the country.
		Abdullah also said the U.S. bombing campaign against Afghanistan's former rulers, the Taliban, and bin Laden's al-Qaeda network should continue "as long as terrorist cells are in Afghanistan, as long as the objectives of the campaign against terrorism are not achieved fully."
		Abdullah said the interim government would welcome peacekeepers in other cities, but that the initial deployment will be in Kabul.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2001/12/29/peacekeepers-deal.htm (530 words)

	Afghanistan timeline November 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Welcomed by Abdullah, Germany's Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, arrived in Kabul to visit German troops serving as international peacekeepers, to discuss security, and to discuss the transfer of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) leadership.
		Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai ordered the release of 20 female prisoners in a goodwill gesture one day after the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
		In Nangarhar province (one of the major suppliers of Afghanistan's illicit opium exports) several officials were dismissed for their links with the drug trade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan_timeline_November_2002 (4228 words)

	Press Conference with Foreign Minister Abdullah of Afghanistan
		Where not only it is the hope of its own people but for the whole region, for a stable region, for a prosperous region, for a region which will be at peace within itself, economically integrated, and being able to contribute to global peace with stability of economic development.
		Secretary Armitage: If they have been seen to have broken laws in Afghanistan, and this will be a discussion we have with the government of Afghanistan, as far as I know, we have consular access to them, to make sure they are being treated appropriately in the interim.
		Previously, I said that stability in Afghanistan equals stability in the region -- and I mean that, I don't see how Pakistan can have this stable and prosperous future that President Musharraf wishes for his nation unless that same stability and prosperity exists here in Afghanistan.
	www.state.gov /s/d/former/armitage/remarks/34460.htm (1621 words)

	Abdullah Yusuf Azzam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1941–1989) (Arabic عبدالله عزام) also known as Shaikh Azzam was a central figure in the global development of the militant Islamist movement.
		Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in 1941 in the village of As-ba'ah Al-Hartiyeh (Seilat al-Harithia village), a few kilometers northwest of the city of Jenin, in the Jenin District, in the northern West Bank territory of the Jordan River area then administered as the British Mandate of Palestine.
		Abdullah Azzam used the mosque as the jihad center, according to a Reuters inquiry in the neighborhood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abdullah_Yusuf_Azzam (1903 words)

	News: Afghanistan, Afghanistan: Foreign Minister calls for sustained engagement
		Abdullah urged sustained international help for what he called the total defeat of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, as well as handling problems like reducing opium cultivation and repatriating millions of refugees.
		But Abdullah sought to counter any perceptions that the country is now a guaranteed success story because it has adopted a constitution and held presidential and parliamentary elections.
		Abdullah said as the post-conflict Bonn process comes to a close Afghanistan is developing new relations with its neighbors.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6GMGE5?OpenDocument (686 words)

	Press Release Archive: Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah to Speak at GW About the Current Situation in his ...
		Abdullah Abdullah has been at the core of diplomatic efforts to achieve peace and stabilize Afghanistan since taking on the role of Foreign Minister under President Hamid Karzai.
		Abdullah played a key role in the UN-sponsored Afghan Peace Conference in Bonn (December 2001) and significantly contributed to the successful outcome of the recently concluded national Loya Jirga (Grand Council).
		Abdullah first came to prominence as the Northern Alliance’s deputy foreign minister and was closely aligned with Ahmed Shah Massoud, the alliance commander assassinated by agents of Osama bin Laden just prior to September 11.
	www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/10-14-02-AbdullahAbdullah.htm (360 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Abdullah Malikyar
		Afghanland.com: Abdullah Malikyar was born in 1908 in
		Young Abdullah had ambitions to serve his country and to serve his people at a very young age.
		Upon receiving the news of his passing, the people of Herat presented a petition to fly his body to Herat to be buried their calling him a national treasure and a great hero of Herat.
	www.afghanland.com /history/malikyar.html (378 words)

	CNN.com - Afghanistan: 'Some 40' civilians killed in bombing - July 3, 2002
		Abdullah said the dead included 25 family members who were celebrating a wedding in a village in Uruzgan Province.
		Wedding party members told reporters about 120 to 130 of the 300 attending the celebration may have been killed, while U.S. defense officials said at least 20 people died in the attack and more than 60 were wounded in the incident.
		Abdullah also was asked if he thought al Qaeda leaders Mullah Omar and Osama bin Laden were alive.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/07/02/afghanistan.bombing (851 words)

	UNICEF - Press centre - UNICEF praises Afghan child-soldier innovation
		At a United Nations ceremony tomorrow Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, will proclaim the accession of Afghanistan to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
		“The disarmament and demobilization process is a complex one in Afghanistan, but from early days the Government has been determined to push on with the legal structures necessary to protect children,” she said.
		The Optional Protocol is an international instrument that raises the age of recruitment to armed forces from 15 to 18 years of age and emphasizes that the reintegration and rehabilitation of children under the age of 18 formerly attached to fighting forces is the responsibility of the State.
	www.unicef.org /media/media_14758.html (626 words)

	EurasiaNet Q & A - Interim Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah Says Afghan-Pakistani Relations Based on ...
		Abdullah touted the progress of the interim government in several social spheres, including the reopening of educational opportunities to women in Afghanistan.
		Abdullah: The bombing campaign, as you said it, would continue until terrorism is uprooted in Afghanistan.
		Abdullah: We have to head in a direction where the foundations of civil society is constituted and solidified.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/qanda/articles/eav020802.shtml (1660 words)

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