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happy, and the changes and
revolutions will not affect or be
the cause of shattering and ضایع کردن و شکستاندن
uprooting the prosperity and
advancement of the country and
the Nation; and the miscreants دنی - پلید
will not have the chance again to
be at the helm of affairs. Able and جای
righteous rulers and benevolent
agents of the country and the
Nation alone will be selected for
the betterment of Afghanistan
and they will engage themselves
in her service. Tyranny and
the worship of innovations and ابداع بدعت
corruption and bribery will
disappear altogether from this
country.
I am in a position to say that on
the day that the representatives
of the Nation in the Consultative
Assembly understood their rights
and distinguished the harmful
from the beneficial from the
point of view of the general
happiness, self-interest and
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