We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon.

Death comes to everyone. We must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam.

The sheik is, thank God, still alive and this hurts Bush who promised to his people to kill Osama.

God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels.

I tell my brethren in Palestine: be patient and continue your blessed struggle. We did not forget you. We are still healing another wound in the Muslim nation, which is the occupation of our land by the Americans. Your battle and ours are one and the same.

As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was for their predecessors - the Soviets and, before them, the British.