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

If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.

We are not America. We are Afghanistan.

The ongoing war in Afghanistan is being imposed on us, and Afghans are being sacrificed in it for someone else's interests. We are not blocking the interests of the United States or other major powers. But we are demanding that if you consider Afghanistan the place from which to advance your interests, then you should also pay attention to Afghanistan's interests.

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

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.

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.