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

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

All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ['ifraat,' or doing something to excess] and conservatism ['tafreet,' or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path.

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.

Believe in God, for with the grace of God the American rockets will go astray and we will be saved.

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