For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 17, 2002
President to Welcome Afghanistan's Interim Authority Chairman
Statement by the Press Secretary
Visit by Chairman Karzai to Washington
President Bush will welcome Afghanistan's Interim Authority
Chairman Hamid Karzai to Washington on January 28,
2002. This visit provides an opportunity to develop the U.S.
partnership with Afghanistan to eliminate terrorism and build a stable
Afghanistan which will not again become a base for terrorist
activity. We look forward to an Afghanistan that is
prosperous, accountable to its citizens, and at peace with its
neighbors and the international community.
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