Hamid Karzai Quotes (134 Quotes)

I discussed the possibility of transit through Pakistan to Afghanistan to Central Asia. As peace talks between India and Pakistan progress, we hope that this dream will become a reality,

Afghanistan is a good partner, it will stay a good partner, and I'm sure that the future of the two countries will be good and a wonderful relationship should be expected to come in the future.

Terrorism has no place in Afghanistan.

I think the offer that the U.S. president made is the best thing that he could have made to Afghanistan, and we're glad for that. With America's help, we will mend our country, and we are asking for that.

Sooner or later we will have a single command for the two operations and they will be under the NATO banner,

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

Terrorism will remain to affect us, will remain to attack us, for much more time to come, ... What is important for us right now is to continue to ... strengthen democratic institutions.

A vote of 2 million feet coming back into Afghanistan is a significant trust in a system that is emerging,

has been unwilling to assert strong leadership.

Carter had many, many years of work for peace in a very concerted way, in a very human way, and I congratulate him, he deserved it better than I. I'll try for next year,

Curbing corruption, bringing reconstruction gains to all regions of Afghanistan, drawing in foreign investment in a secure involvement and opening up the political process to participation remain the top priorities,

Those should be looked for and arrested and put to trial.

This is the first time that Afghanistan is going to elections. We all expected problems in the elections. We feared worse than that.

The major lesson in Afghanistan was that the Afghan people wanted change, from the tyranny of terrorism, ... The Iraqi people also will gain nothing if they allow these people to come from outside and destroy their lives. They must go to polls. They must take this opportunity, elect their people to parliament, and have a government of their own, and have peace. That's a desire for them and a way out for them, from our side.

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.

We have a duty before our people to deliver, to the best of our ability, an Afghanistan that is free, stable, prosperous and enjoying a dignified place in the region and the world.

rebuilding Afghanistan and developing friendly trade and business ties between our countries.

This visit today will I'm sure further promote the brotherly links between the two countries,

Don't vote for bad people.

I promise you that from difficult times, we are walking toward good times, positive times, hopeful times. The people want it now. That's why I'm sure.

It is making an economy, making political institutions and today we are completing the whole process, completing the laying down of the foundation of the Afghan state ... That is why we are making history.

I don't think he's been captured yet. If he has been captured, I would know it, but I hope he'll be captured soon.

The nature of the war on terrorism in Afghanistan has changed now,

These different forces are helping the provinces to rebuild themselves. A unified command of all these forces would be more efficient,

After the 23 years of war and disaster in Afghanistan, to be known for peace is really nice and enjoyable, but I believe President Carter deserved it,

we will tell them, 'go ahead and run this country.'

in spite of the terrorism, in spite of the threats.

more fighting in the weeks ahead.

They will be given to justice. They have committed a murder, and let justice decide. Let the courts decide.

In my opinion, and also in the opinion of many, many Afghans, events in Afghanistan has proven that terrorism has no place in here, that it's defeated, that it's gone,

We are making history. After 30 years of war, intervention and misery, today Afghanistan is moving forward.

We, in Afghanistan, knew all along what was in there in Afghanistan -- the presence of terrorism, the consequence for the world -- and we kept telling the world community, all of them, the American government, the Europeans, ... Unfortunately ... our predictions came true in the most tragic way for Afghanistan and for the United States of America. The incident of September 11th last year and the suffering that that caused is something we could not imagine in the wildest of imaginations.

I hope that the development of friendly ties between Afghanistan and Russia will help stability in the whole region,