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Statements of the Taliban

Sayyid Hashemi is the roving Ambassador from Afghanistan who recently visited the US. During a lecture there, he said, “Seven hundred children died [talking about the previous month] because of malnutrition and the severe cold weather. Nobody even talked about that. Everybody knows about the statues. For us, we are surprised, that the world is destroying our future with economic sanctions, then they have no right to worry about our past. Everybody is saying that they are destroying their heritage-they don’t have any right to talk about that. They are destroying the future of our children with economic sanctions, how are they going to justify talking about our past?""This decision was not against anyone. It was totally a domestic matter of Afghanistan," a Taliban spokesman said. "We are very disappointed that the international community doesn't care about the suffering people, but they are shouting about the stone statues of Buddha."

"Now that we are destroying false idols, the world has made a drama out of this. The Muslims of the world, particularly Afghan Muslims, should use their commonsense", the Taliban Radio Shariat quoted Mulla Omar as saying.

Culture minister Jamal complained that the world had totally ignored Afghans after the Soviet forces ended their 10-year occupation of the country in 1989. "The world does not feel mercy upon Afghans, but they launch a hue and cry and a propaganda when a lifeless statue is damaged," he said, reiterating that the decree on the demolition of the statues was irreversible.

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