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The conflict: What they said

12 April 2012

'Although there may be pockets of resistance, the idea that this has been some kind of tactical retreat is just the latest Taliban lie. They are in total collapse." -

Tony Blair in the House of Commons, 14 November

'Today they are no longer part of Afghanistan.' - New Afghan prime minister Hamid Karzai on the Taliban forces, 7 December

'He is not escaping us. I mean, this is a guy who three months ago was in control of a country. Now he's maybe in control of a cave. He's on the run.' - George Bush on Osama bin Laden, 28 December

'Their remaining forces are few in number and may be annihilated in a maximum of three days.' - Mohammad Habeel, spokesman for the new Afghan government on al Qaeda, 28 December

'I am confident, ultimately, that someone will give him up.' - Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon on the hunt for Bin Laden, 14 November

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