US Secretary of State Mr Colin Powell has ruled out a dominant role for Pakistan or any other nation in Afghanistan's post-war government.
Mr Powell said even America cannot run the country.
As for the ruling Taliban militia, Mr Powell said it "must now go because they are part-and-parcel to al-Qaeda".
Mr Powell told the House International Relations Committee: "It won't work if any one country dictates what the future of the government will look like.
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"The next government of Afghanistan cannot be dictated into being by Pakistan".
He said with the UN taking the lead, all of Afghanistan's neighbours, and countries such as China and Russia, must be consulted.
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