The Road to Afghanistan - George Washington University

A: We failed to capture the terrorists connected to the act. However, it has beenestablished that they are linked to a notorious man, Badruddin Bahes. This man can becharacterized as an adventurist whose political views combine extreme leftist ideologywith short-sighted nationalism.Question from a correspondent of the Associated Press: Beg your pardon, butsome of the tourists noticed that security operatives detained one of the terrorists in thecorridor of Hotel Kabul. Is this terrorist being investigated?A: Security operatives mistakenly detained several people. It was discovered laterthat there were no terrorists among them, and all of them were subsequently released.Question from a correspondent of The Washington Post: Don’t you think that theabove-mentioned terrorists had ties with some overseas forces?A: I don’t want to name any states specifically. However, some forces from abroadare attempting to intervene in our internal affairs.Question from a correspondent of The Financial Times: Some of the diplomatshave claimed that when the U.S. ambassador was in terrorist captivity, you were nowhereto be found. They interpret this as evidence of your indifference to the incident.A: The locations of my offices are well known. Everybody knows that I am either inthe People’s Palace, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or in the Ministry of Defense. I don’tknow why it would be so difficult to find me. Let’s assume that I was out of the office.Anyone who needed me could address my assistant, or the head of the Chancellery of theRevolutionary Council, Comrade Faqir. He would pass along any inquiries directly to ourgreat leader.336