Quote by Barack Obama

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

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the…

— David Cameron

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

— Stephen Harper

Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is to keep…

— Martha McSally

Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that…

— Tony Blair

We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.

— Barack Obama

There are still many, many uncertainties, challenges and difficulties in Afghanistan. But we have to enable the Afghans to manage those challenges themselves. We…

— Jens Stoltenberg

We need to get a stable Afghanistan that can ensure the security of Americans, Europeans, and others on the one hand, but more fundamentally…

— Ashraf Ghani

What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it make sure…

— Barack Obama

The U.S. must continue to carefully withdraw troops from Afghanistan at a pace based on assessment of the ground conditions so we do not…

— Brian Schatz

I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

— Barack Obama

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

— Hamid Karzai