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

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

The war on terror, if this is a war on terror, can only be won by a sincere regional and international cooperation. All have to believe they have something at stake and work together. In the absence of this it will become political and interest-oriented.

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.

We are not America. We are Afghanistan.

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