Hamid Karzai Quotations

Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.

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.

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.

They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land.

I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.

Life without Liberty is far worse than death.

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

But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.

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.

Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.

Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.

Afghanistan is very satisfied with Croatia's participation in the NATO-led peace mission and expects Croatia to expand its contribution to peace restoration in Afghanistan to other areas as well.

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

We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.

People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.

The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

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

The capture of Saddam Hussein has proven to the bad ones, to the guilty ones, to the sinful ones that they cannot run forever. Sooner or later, the other criminals will also be found from their hideouts.

As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

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.

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

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

We had a very tragic incident yesterday in which Dr. Rahman, our minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism, was assassinated, martyred. God bless him.

Lots of people had much misinformation. The second report, the official report, will be much more accurate,

No coalition forces should go to Afghan homes without the authorization of the Afghan government. ... The use of air power is something that may not be very effective now. ... That's what I mean by a change in strategy.

I would come to believe that he probably is dead,

I am saddened that the lives of many Afghan people, mainly soldiers serving the Afghan nation, were lost, ... I condemn the attack in the strongest terms.

I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.

It isn't an area where we will be pushed to resolve our position.

The Afghan people have proven once again that they know their interests, that they can work for tomorrow, that they have a vision and they will vote for that vision,

The Afghan people have done their job. Now the international community must come and provide alternative revenue to the Afghan people which they have not done so far,

We are glad and happy for what Pakistan is now doing on their territory to chase terrorists and to arrest them,

We are making history. It's the day of self-determination for the Afghan people. After 30 years of wars, interventions, occupations and misery, today Afghanistan is moving forward, making an economy, making political institutions.

We are very happy that this went on peacefully, we are very happy that the Afghan people came to participate so massively. That's what I care about -- the will of the Afghan people, and I'm sure the Afghan people have voted freely, without fear, without intimidation.

We do not think a serious terrorist challenge is emanating from Afghanistan.

committed to letting the Afghan people determine their own future.

concentrate on where terrorists are trained, on their bases, on the supply to them, on the money coming to them.

There's so much more work to be done ... Afghanistan is still not be able to stand on its own feet, ... The international community should even give more.

Now I can tell them yes, the U.S. will stay with us.

The more we don't hear from him, the more time passes, there's the likelihood that he is probably dead or seriously wounded somewhere.

(It) is the day of self-determination for the Afghan people,

Their participation in the election is a very positive step,

and not to forget the Muslim Afghan population who they assisted during their jihad against the Soviet occupation.

Please, my dear brothers, let your wives and sisters go to the voter registration process. Later, you can control who she votes for, but please, let her go.

We are not America. We are Afghanistan.

Six months have passed since that horrible, horrible event of terrorism in the twin towers and Washington. I hope people all over the world recognize that these bad people, these criminals who committed crimes like that will be shown to the courts, and the people will have justice, and that we all shall work together to prevent these bad people from hurting us again.

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.

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.

This flag .. is raised not without costs, .. without the costs of having struggled for many years, without the costs of having lost so many lives in order to have a free and sovereign and good Afghanistan.

Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.

Where liberty dies, evil grows.

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

I hope (the United States) will change and they will now focus entirely on helping and building a stronger, better Afghanistan.

A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

The ongoing war in Afghanistan is being imposed on us, and Afghans are being sacrificed in it for someone else's interests. We are not blocking the interests of the United States or other major powers. But we are demanding that if you consider Afghanistan the place from which to advance your interests, then you should also pay attention to Afghanistan's interests.

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.

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