KABUL, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said Monday that his country is independent and won't be used against any nation.
"Our country Afghanistan is an independent country, will remain independent forever and Afghanistan is not a threat to any country," Ghani said in his speech at a ceremony to mark the National Day of Security and Defense Forces, at Kabul Military airport.
Denouncing the ongoing militancy in the insurgency-plagued country as foreign intervention, the president said "those who wants to turn Afghanistan into a battle field, would take their vicious wishes to the grave."
Appreciating the courage of security forces for fighting militants and ensuring peace and security in the war-ravaged country, the president noted that the national security forces have foiled the malicious designs of the enemies.
The security forces, in their latest achievements against enemies on the battleground eliminated Taliban shadow government Mawlawi Salam in the northern Kunduz province very recently and the terrorists can't face the national security forces.
"We want to have a peaceful, prosperous and stable Afghanistan," Ghani asserted.
The Underground Railroad's last stop in the slave-holding state of Delaware was located on Shipley Street in Wilmington at the home of a Quaker merchant named Thomas Garrett. Over 2
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Garrett's passionate commitment to the abolition of slavery would cost him a great deal over the course of his life. Maryland authorities went so far as to offer $10,000.00 for his arrest. In 1848 federal court fines bankrupted him, forcing him accept the charity of his abolitionist friends to stay in business.
During the Civil War his life was in constant danger so that he had to be guarded by African-American volunteers. But throughout his trials, Garrett never wavered from his principled stand again the evils of slavery.
Though Thomas Garret is today recognized as one of Delaware's most honored citizens
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When Garrett was a young man a family servant was kidnapped and forced into slavery. Garrett managed to track the family's friend and employ down and affect an escape, but the incident left an indelible impression.
He moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1822, but his personal convictions and deep commitment to his Quaker religious beliefs put him at odds with the state's pro-slavery stance. It was only a few years before Garrett once again resumed his efforts to aid escaped slaves. For the next 40 years he did everything in his power to do so.
In 1848 Garrett and fellow abolitionist John Hunn were convicted of aiding the Hawkins family in their escape from slavery in Maryland. The sentence
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After the sentence was read and unrepentant Garrett gave an impassioned speech so moving that even a slave-holding juror offered him his hand, "I say to thee and to all in this court room
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Garrett continued to fight against inequality even after the end of the Civil War, acting as an advocate for the rights of former slaves. When the 15th Amendment was passed in 1870, giving African-Americans the right to vote, Garrett was paraded through the streets by his grateful supporters. Some went as far as to refer to him as "out Moses".
On January 25th of 1871 Thomas Garrett died. His funeral
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NANJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A memorial for the victims of Nanjing Massacre was held in the city on Monday, as a prelude for the upcoming first national memorial day.
The mourning activities were held in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall and will last until Dec. 20.
Families of the victims prayed
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"108 names of the victims were carved on the wall in the family memorial hall. They were the representatives of the more than 300,000 victims of Nanjing Massacre," said Zhu Chengshan, curator of the memorial hall.
"Each of the family used to have a peaceful life until the Japanese invaders came and destroyed them
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Seven names of Xia Shuqin's family are on the wall. 77 years ago, the eight-year-old Xia lost seven family members in the disaster. She and her 4-year-old sister were the only survivors.
Xia is 85 now. She told Xinhua that the memory of witnessing her family being killed by the Japanese troops still haunts her today.
In February, China's top legislature set Dec. 13 as a national memorial day for Nanjing Massacre victims.
Japanese troops captured Nanjing in late 1937, killing about 300
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