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US commander visits US base
1. Wide shots of General Tommy Franks, head of US Central Command, as he walks to podium UPSOUND: Attention!
2. Wide shot of soldiers listening
3. Franks addressing soldiers
4. Cutaway shot of US flag
5. Soldiers converge on Franks...
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Karzai on 9/11, US troops, US forces ceremony at Camp Eggers
Kabul - 11 September 2008
1. Wide of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai walking to podium
2. Cutaway of photographer
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"I want to extend my condolences to the people of America...
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Karzai urges donors to stay course, meets Powell
1. Various of family photo opportunity at conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Coin Powell, US Secretary of State
"I just wanted to assure President Karzai, and through him all Afghans, that the United States views this as a priority...
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AP Top UN official on alleged voting irregularities
1. Wide of Kai Eide, UN's top official in Afghanistan arriving at monitoring headquarters, zoom in on Eide being greeted by officials
2. Wide of Eide and officials at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kai Eide, UN Special...
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Blair and Karzai brief the press at Bagram
1. Wide shot British Prime Minister Blair and Afghani interim leader Hamid Karzai, arriving at press briefing at Bagram airport
2. Wide shot Blair an Karzai
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister
"Hamid Karzai and I...
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Children back at school, Aga Khan announces money for redevelopment
1. School children jumping over puddles on their way into Alfatha High School, Kabul
2. Various classroom scenes - mixed class of boys and girls
3. Mid shot Afghan Interim Leader Hamid Karzai - pull out to scouts saluting
4. Female...
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Afghan leader Hamid Karzai leaves for US
1. Various of Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai greeting officers
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim leader:
"(Question: "What are you going to talk about with President Bush?) "Well I'll thank him for all the...
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Obama comments on Afghanistan and China Trade
1. US President Barack Obama walking to podium at the White House
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Over the weekend, as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of Afghan civilians were killed....
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IEC confirms it is postponing parliamentary elections until autumn
1. Wide shot news conference
2. Cameraman filming
3. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Fazel Ahmed Manawi, IEC (Independent Elections Commission)
"The Commission has decided to postponed the parliamentary elections until September 18 (2010)."
4. Mid...
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Official confirm Taliban ministers released
1. Various set-up shots
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Omar Samad, Afghanistan Foreign Ministry Spokesman:
"According to the local authorities in the province, these officials surrendered their weapons and their vehicles among probably other...
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Interview with Pakistan FM on Afghan relations
1. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arriving for the press conference in Pakistan embassy in Kabul
2. Mid shot media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan Foreign Minister:
"I just wanted to share with you...
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says there's no change in U.S. strategy after the Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities.
HEADLINE: Carney: No change in Afghan drawdown strategy
CAPTION: The White House says there's no change in strategy after the Taliban broke off talks with the U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural...
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Afghan parties sign historic agreement
1. Various exteriors of Petersberg hotel
2. Various of delegates signing agreement
3. Applause after delegates sign
4. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder talking with Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General...
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WRAP +4:3 Analyst on Afghan reax; ADDS Karzai, India, Indonesia reax
Kabul, Afghanistan
1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai arriving for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Hamid Karzai, Afghan President:
"Osama Bin Laden received his due punishment during an operation in Abbotabad of Pakistan. Osama Bin...
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Japanese FM meets Afghan president Karzai
1. Wide of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai meeting with Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
2. Mid of Karzai talking
3. Close of Okada
4. Mid of meeting
5. Mid of Afghan officials
6. Wide of Karzai and Okada entering news...
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Aid groups threaten pull out after alleged rape, attacks
1. Wide shot Loya Jirga compound in Kabul
2. Various UN staff at work
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UN spokesman:
"This is absolutely unacceptable, this is most the vicious, inhuman kind of action that a being could...
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Army detonates decommissioned ammonium nitrate
1. Wide of truck on plain with Afghan troops standing around it
2. Wide of troops lifting bags of ammonium nitrate, the substance is commonly used in roadside bombs
3. Wide of troops laying bags in trench in order to blow them up
4....
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WRAP Voting, security, officials, disabled voters, women voting, Helmand
Kabul
1. Pan of voters queuing outside polling station
2. Various of voters being searched at entrance to polling station
3. Wide interior of polling centre
4. Various of women in female queue
5. Various of woman in burqua voting
6....
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Alliance chief and Karzai meet, presser
1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and officials walking towards podium
2. Close up of Karzai
3. Karzai greeting NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, both shake hands
4. Wide of meeting
5. De Hoop Scheffer (left) and Karzai...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.
HEADLINE: Karzai: Afghans need military aid for 15 years
CAPTION: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the...
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US Senators Clinton and McCain visit
1. US Senator Hilary Clinton walking into presidential palace
2. Interior of Senator John McCain and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai holding talks
3. Clinton listening
4. Karzai talking
5. McCain
6. Exterior of presidential palace...
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Kerry says Obama should wait for Afghan poll before making decision on war
1. Wide of United States Senator, John Kerry walking up to podium outside White House
2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, US Senator from Massachusetts:
"I think you really want to know that this has worked and you want to know what kind...
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WRAP Vote counting, s'bite from UN; US reax to bomb attack on troops
Kabul
1. Wide of press briefing
2. Cutaway
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Manoel de Almeida e Silva, United Nations spokesman:
"I think that by Tuesday or Wednesday, we will have a good picture of all the provinces."
4. Cutaway
5....
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G8 Interior and justice ministers meeting
1. Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (on right) and Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev walking to press conference (on left)
2. Clarke entering briefing room pull out to wide shot
3....