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Inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Karzai

(7 Dec 2004) 1. Exterior of former royal palace 2. Interior of hall 3. Various of Lakhdar Brahimi, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 4. People arriving for ceremony 5. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi 6. Wide interior of hall 7. Aga Khan, millionaire and spiritual leader (centre) sitting in audience 8. Close up of former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mojididi 9. Exterior of former royal palace 10. US Vice President Dick Cheney arriving with wife, Lynne 11. Cheney and wife entering hall 12. Cutaway of audience 13. Cheney and wife sitting with audience 14. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former Afghan king Zahir Shah arriving 15. Karzai and Shah entering hall, audience applauding 16. Children singing on stage 17. Karzai and Shah sitting in audience 18. Children singing on stage 19. Karzai and Shah sitting in audience 20. Karzai on stage 21. Cheney and wife in audience, Donald Rumsfeld seated behind them 22. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Fazl Hadi Shinwari, Chief Justice, repeated by Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan: "In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful. I swear by the name of God almighty that I shall obey and protect the holy religion of Islam, respect and supervise the implementation of the constitution, as well as other laws, safeguard the independence of Afghanistan, national sovereignty and territorial integrity and, in seeking God almighty's help and support of the nation, to protect and safeguard the rights of the Afghan people and their human rights." 23. Audience applauding 24. Long shot of Karzai on stage 25. Karzai swearing in his two deputies 26. Various wides of hall 27. Close up of audience members 28. People leaving stage 29. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan: "I and my colleagues have a duty to remain committed to the realisation of their aspirations and their (the Afghan people's) ideals and not to flinch in this endeavour. We have a duty before our people to deliver to the best of our ability an Afghanistan that is free, stable and prosperous and enjoying a dignified place in the region and the world." 30. Cutaway of audience listening 31. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan: "The relationship between terrorism and narcotics, however, and the continued threat of extremism in the region and the world at large are a source of continued concern. A decisive victory over terrorism requires serious and continued cooperation from the countries of the region and at international levels." 32. Wide of Karzai addressing audience 33. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan: "We have now left a hard and dark past behind us and today we are opening a new chapter in our history." 34. Wide of Karzai on stage STORYLINE: Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country while warning that the wars against terrorism and drugs would require sustained international help. Karzai received a standing ovation on his arrival at a restored hall of the war-damaged former royal palace. US Vice President Dick Cheney, the highest-ranking American official to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, was among the 600 guests, including 150 foreign dignitaries. The list of dignitaries included US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Pakistan's Interior Minister, Aftab Khan Sherpao. Lakhdar Brahimi, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, represented the world body. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...