Hamid Karzai Quotes (134 Quotes)


    I would come to believe that he probably is dead, ... He might be alive. Five months ago, six months ago, I was thinking that he was alive. 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.

    The Afghan people demand and insist on disarming and demobilizing private militias, ... Only with your support, and that of the international community, can we achieve this necessary goal.

    co-operation between the drug trade and terrorism.

    it's the decision of the Afghan people. Very good. As a matter of fact, I want a good, strong parliament.

    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.


    open trade and regional economic cooperation.

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

    We will have terrorism attacking (us) ... for quite some time,

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

    We in Afghanistan, in accordance with our religion and traditions and adherence to international law, are very unhappy and condemn the burning of two Taliban dead bodies,

    We have agreed to the people of Afghanistan that we will bring peace in this country, we will bring dignity to this country, that our sisters and mothers should not have fear of weapons. We do not want this anymore, ... I will not accept government that is useless and cannot do anything.

    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.

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

    This terrorist act is shocking and despicable. It is aimed at killing innocent civilians, and I condemn it in the strongest terms.

    That journey to democracy and peace deserves the support and respect of every nation, ... because free nations do not breed the ideology of terror.

    Life without Liberty is far worse than death.


    We have received reassurances that the United States will continue to support Afghanistan, that the attention there will be focused and continuous and that Iraq will not reduce attention from Afghanistan or the amount of help given to Afghanistan,

    It is a great pleasure for me to be in France. I have come to thank France for all it has done and all it is doing to help Afghanistan,

    From this forum, I would like to give them a categorical reassurance that Afghanistan will stay firmly with the government of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism and that we are willing to extend every cooperation.

    This event is proof once again that the culture of the knife and gun is something we should save the people from, and see the way to peace.

    He's a very peaceful person, ... He has enormous capabilities of dialogue and enormous diplomatic skill to negotiate, and is a person who really believes that Afghan national unity is the fundamental resource that we have to establish peace in Afghanistan

    That is why we are making history after 30 years of wars, interventions, occupations and misery.

    We will build an effective and competent private sector, harnessing the entrepreneurial abilities of the Afghan people, and will develop a civil society with democratic institutions.

    The Afghan people see this as their chance to build a better future, to take this country forward,

    If we fail, we will fail as a state and eventually will fall back into the hands of terrorism.

    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.

    to thank the French people for the help France has given Afghanistan.

    The new constitution replaces the Taliban-imposed gender discrimination by assigning 25 percent of the seats in our future parliament for women,

    We see the continuation of terrorist activities directed against the Afghan people. India and Afghanistan will jointly fight to eliminate this menace from the region and the world,

    parts of the Muslim world today suffer from stagnation, violence and a weakening of state institutions which curtail their ability to address the demands of their populations.

    On this day of a new, peaceful, prosperous era for our country, I would like to wish for the best for Afghanistan.

    We should respect the result, whatever that may be, and allow time for the joint commission to study whatever irregularities that there were,

    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.

    This vote is not just to choose a president, but for peace and stability in Afghanistan,

    I don't think there is a big need for military activity in Afghanistan anymore,

    His presence there, I'm sure, will add to stability and peace in Afghanistan.

    Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years' time. Till then, of course, we need strong support from the international community, including the United States, to stay with us and support us fully.

    Individual acts of terrorism we will continue to suffer for quite some time as well as the rest of the world.

    We hope very much that a day will come very soon that such transit would be allowed from India through Pakistan to Afghanistan as well, and beyond. And also that Pakistan will have access to Indian roads to send its goods to East Asia.

    Let us stop this blame game. Instead of blaming Afghanistan, the international community must come and fulfill its own objective to the Afghan people.

    We do not like such incidents and I hope such incidents will not occur again.

    There has been cooperation from Pakistan in the anti-terrorist drive and relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are thriving very, very well.

    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.

    When the Afghans leave that facility, it's none of our business what happens there.

    We had information about last week that Mullah Omar was somewhere in western Afghanistan ... in a mountainous area. We sent people to look for him. We could not find him, but we will keep looking for both these persons and they will be arrested. It's just a question of time.

    It is separating people, not preventing terrorism.

    There is no doubt about what happened, and that's why we made that strict, strong decision to announce and arrest them.

    For many years ahead of us the international community will need to be with us, helping us,

    The Cabinet decided that the suspects will be announced, that they would be arrested and they would be brought to justice. The Cabinet is fully, fully united.


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