WRAP News conference by Afghan leader and British PM.

(3 Feb 2002) 1. Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister Tony Blair shake hands 2. Karzai and Blair at cabinet meeting 3. Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai and British Prime Minister Tony Blair walk infor news conference 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghan Interim Leader: "Afghanistan could not have been freed from the occupation of terrorism, from the presence of terrorism, without the help of the friends that we have, without the presence of your troops there, without the sacrifice that they made and without the contribution that you made to Afghanistan's liberation." 5. Reporters listening, pull back to show Blair and Karzai 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghan Interim Leader: "There are two situations, one is the situation of the fight against terrorism and that fight will go on uninterrupted, totally, with force and with dedication. We want to finish terrorism in Afghanistan completely, we want the last remnants of them out of the caves, out of the mountains, out of the hideouts, wherever they are and we will not stop until we've finished them, take that for granted, there is no let up there. And we will do whatever we want, together with the international community to see to that achievement." 7. Reporters listening 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamid Karzai, Afghan Interim Leader: "It's a demand of the Afghan people (for an increased security force) as a measure of commitment by the international community, as a symbol of their commitment to Afghanistan to stay on." 9. Cutaway 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister: "Our commitment to the people in Afghanistan has not ended with the removal of the Taliban. We still have unfinished business, in hunting down the last remaining elements of the Taliban, in making sure that we bring Bin Laden to justice and those that perpetrated the 11th of September, who used Afghanistan as a centre for terrorism, that is very clear. It is also right that we carry on with the commitment to humanitarian help but as much as anything else the reconstruction of Afghanistan." 11. Cutaway of reporter's notebook 12. Blair and Karzai leaving STORYLINE: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai on Thursday thanked the international community for its help in ousting the Taliban. Speaking during a news conference in London with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he also said the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida would continue until all remnants of the two organisations had been removed from Afghanistan. Karzai also repeated a request that the international community provide a much larger international security force, saying it would symbolise the international community's commitment to Afghanistan to the country's people. Britain is currently heading the peacekeeping force which numbers about two and a half thousand troops. Karzai flew to London after a brief trip to the United States. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...