urhanuddin Rabbani Hopeful on Loya Jirga Prospects

EurasiaNet: Can you tell us why your role was not highlighted in the Bonn conference?
Rabbani: At the Bonn Conference, the UN people and I suggested after the victory in Afghanistan we need to have a temporary government. So, naturally I couldn't be the head of a temporary government. When the people engaged Karzai for his position and his cabinet was put together, I was involved and I agreed to a power-transfer, the same way I agreed to a temporary government. When power transferred, I couldn't be the head again.