Could Quote by Ashraf Ghani

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

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

— 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

“Although the Taliban inflicted six times more civilian fatalities, President Karzai escalated his rants about American-caused casualties and released those imprisoned for killing Americans.”

— Bing West

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

“Karzai stands in relation to the Afghanistan War as Ngo Dinh Diem stands in relation to the Vietnam War: His credentials as a nationalist…

— Andrew J. Bacevich

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

“Though analysts differ on the details, they agree that the centuries-old jostling between the Zirak Durranis and their rivals, the Panjpai Durranis and the…

— Douglas Grindle

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

The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking…

— Jay Carney

There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for…

— Condoleezza Rice