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.

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

Where liberty dies, evil grows.

The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

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

The people of Afghanistan will continue to remember his lasting friendship with the people of Afghanistan as well as his unstinting support during the years of jihad against the Soviets.