Karzai off to US to commemorate September 11

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, en route to the United States for ceremonies commemorating last year’s September 11 attacks, today pledged to stay the course in fighting terrorism.

Al Qaida fighters and Afghanistan’s former Taliban rulers who gave them shelter “are defeated as a movement, but continue to act as individuals”, Karzai said during a stopover in Frankfurt for talks with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. “Of course they will try some desperate acts.