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Media conference by Afghani faction leaders in Bonn for talks

(26 Nov 2001) Bonn, Germany 1. Various of security outside Petersberg hotel 2. Wide shot of news conference 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmad Fawzi, UN Spokesman: "Let me, once again, make this very clear. The United Nations proposes and the Afghans, they decide what they want to do. We are not forming a government for the people of Afghanistan, the Afghans are forming a government for the people of Afghanistan, they have the first and last word." 4. Cutaway cameraman 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmad Fawzi, UN Spokesman: "We've all been concerned about the fighting in Afghanistan for many years. It's been over 22 years. The events that are happening on the ground now justify, even more, what we're doing here today. It underlines the urgency of these talks and how important it is for us to reach a political consensus amongst the political parties, as soon as possible." Bonn, Germany 6. Various of news conference by Cyprus group 7. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Dr Houmayoun Jareer, Head of Cyprus Group Delegation: "This conference is a first step, others will follow. With regard to the Taliban, the opinion of the Cyprus group is that no leadership role can be taken by the Taliban in the future but other Afghans living in Taliban-ruled areas should not be excluded from leadership." 8. Journalist 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammad Jalil Shams, Cyprus Group Delegation: "We are not seeking power and we don't have ambition for power, that is different from (the case) if other Afghans decide that Cyprus shall have a role or people from Cyprus shall have a role. We cannot deny whatever the people, or this gathering, decides." Bagram airport, outside Kabul, Afghanistan 10. Yunus Qanooni, head of northern alliance delegation to Bonn and rest of delegation 11. Qanooni getting on to British Royal Air Force Hercules transport 12. Hercules takes off STORYLINE: A U.N. representative said on Monday that Afghan groups must decide quickly on a security force and an interim administration, amid fears that the fall of the last Taliban stronghold of Kandahar would ignite infighting among the northern alliance. The four Afghan delegations gathering at a secluded hotel overlooking the Rhine River, face intense international pressure to reach a consensus on Afghanistan's political future, with 18 nations, including the United States and Britain, exerting influence from the wings. U.S. officials warned Monday that the Afghan factions can expect no aid for rebuilding the war-ravaged country unless they agree on a broad-based government. Meanwhile a U.N. spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, said the United Nations was imposing no conditions on the Afghans. Four delegations representing the northern alliance and ex-King Mohammad Zaher Shah as well as two groups of exiles based in Cyprus and Peshawar open the talks Tuesday on forming a transitional administration and a security force to police Afghanistan after the Taliban. After Tuesday's planned formal opening, the talks between Afghan negotiators and U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi were to break up into a shifting series of groups to try to build a consensus according to US officials. The delegates must decide how long a transitional administration would run the country before convening a loya jirga, or national assembly, and the makeup of a peacekeeping force under a U.N. mandate. With the fall of the city of Kunduz to the northern alliance on Sunday and fighting raging in the last Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, none of the most important warlords were at the talks. There had been talk that moderate Taliban would be included in the talks. 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...