Middle Eastern Muslim countries are not only important for Afghanistan due to common culture and faith, but also because of economic benefits.

We must focus on our biggest enemy, poverty. There is no single-state solution to it, and that is a noble goal.

We are not a battlefield and we will not allow anyone to use our territory against any of our neighbour, but we will not allow our neighbours to use our territory this way either.

The future is Afghanistan.

We need to get a stable Afghanistan that can ensure the security of Americans, Europeans, and others on the one hand, but more fundamentally our own democratic rights and institutions.

Every global leader that I have seen has at least agreed on one point: I do have the world's most difficult job. But I hope to make it easier for my successor.

My entire life has been guided by a sense of equality, equality for loved ones.

I went to Pakistan; I engaged in peace. If a hand extended is not shaken, what are you supposed to do?

When I talk to another Afghan I am his or her equal and that moves me to tears.

Thank God there has been no recurrence of 9/11. It is not because of luck - it is because of mass sacrifice and effort.