I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well.

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.

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

Where liberty dies, evil grows.

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.

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

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