Press Release - Date of Release: 22 March 2006

Arg, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, left for Turkey this afternoon to attend an international symposium on “Global Terrorism and International Cooperation” in Ankara to which he has been invited as a keynote speaker.

The President's address to the symposium will focus on threat the world faces from terrorism, what countries can do to defeat this menace and Afghanistan 's experiences in fighting terrorism.

The President is accompanied on this trip by H.E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Senior Advisor to the President on International Affairs, General Abdul Rashid Dustom, Chief of Staff to the Commander of the Armed Forces, H.E. Amrullah Saleh, National Director of Security and H.E. Jawed Ludin, Chief of Staff to the President.

Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan