If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.

The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world.

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.