Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.

But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother

As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.

No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.

Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course, we need strong support from the international community, including the United States, to stay with us and support us fully.