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

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.

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

The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.

As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

I hope (the United States) will change and they will now focus entirely on helping and building a stronger, better Afghanistan.