Inauguration ceremony for Afghan President Karzai

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29.4 هزار بار بازدید - 9 سال پیش - (7 Dec 2004) 1. Exterior
(7 Dec 2004)
1. Exterior of former royal palace
2. Interior of hall
3. Various of Lakhdar Brahimi, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
4. People arriving for ceremony
5. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi
6. Wide interior of hall
7. Aga Khan, millionaire and spiritual leader, (centre) sitting in audience
8. Close up of former Afghan president Sibghatullah Mojididi
9. Exterior of former royal palace
10. US Vice President Dick Cheney arriving with wife, Lynne
11. Cheney and wife entering hall
12. Cutaway of audience
13. Cheney and wife sitting with audience
14. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and former Afghan king Zahir Shah arriving
15. Karzai and Shah entering hall, audience applauding
16. Children singing on stage
17. Karzai and Shah sitting in audience
18. Children singing on stage
19. Karzai and Shah sitting in audience
20. Karzai on stage
21. Cheney and wife in audience
22. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Fazl Hadi Shinwari, Chief Justice, repeated by Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful. I swear by the name of God almighty that I shall obey and protect the holy religion of Islam, respect and supervise the implementation of the constitution, as well as other laws, safeguard the independence of Afghanistan, national sovereignty and territorial integrity and, in seeking God almighty's help and support of the nation, to protect and safeguard the rights of the Afghan people and their human rights."
23. Audience applauding
24. Long shot of Karzai on stage
25. Karzai swearing in his two deputies
26. Various wides of hall
27. Close up of audience members
28. People leaving stage
STORYLINE:
Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country while warning that the wars against terrorism and drugs would require sustained international help.
Karzai, wearing a traditional green robe and a black lambskin hat, received a standing ovation on his arrival at a restored hall of the war-damaged former royal palace.
US Vice President Dick Cheney, the highest-ranking American official to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, was among the 600 guests, including 150 foreign dignitaries.
The list of dignitaries included US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and Pakistan's Interior Minister, Aftab Khan Sherpao.
Lakhdar Brahimi, special adviser to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, represented the world body.
After the Afghan national anthem had been sung by a children's choir, Karzai placed his right hand on a copy of the Quran and repeated an oath of allegiance read to him by Afghanistan's chief justice, Fazl Hadi Shinwari.
"I swear to obey and safeguard the provisions of the sacred religion of Islam, to observe the constitution and other laws of Afghanistan and supervise their implementation," Karzai said, "and with the assistance of God and the support of the nation, to make great and sincere efforts for the happiness and progress of the people of Afghanistan."
Karzai then swore in his two deputies, Ahmad Zia Massood and Karim Khalili, members of the country's two largest ethnic minorities.
Security was stepped up for the ceremony.
Police sealed off the 2.5-mile (4-kilometre) route from Kabul's airport to the palace, and NATO troops patrolled the city on foot.
Afghanistan's red, black and green flag has been hung from lampposts in central Kabul, and officials issued a commemorative blue stamp featuring Karzai.

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