Addresses Quote by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a new constitution…

— Chris Alexander

President Karzai's regime is not perfect. There are problems of improving governance. But you cannot transform Afghanistan overnight. It is going to be a…

— Manmohan Singh

It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug trade and…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the…

— David Petraeus

President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But…

— Khaled Hosseini

I don't know anyone who is more admired and respected in the international community than President Karzai, for his strength, for his wisdom and…

— Condoleezza Rice

I think it is a very important step in the right direction that the Afghans have taken over responsibility for the security in their…

— Jens Stoltenberg

We agree [with the President of Mexico] on the importance of ending the illegal flow of drugs, cash, guns, and people across our border,…

— Donald Trump

President Karzai was an accidental president. There was no paradigm for the conditions he faced, because no one could have imagined 9/11. He had…

— Ashraf Ghani

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

— Ashraf Ghani

The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden from holding…

— Khaled Hosseini

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the…

— Colin Powell