“Afghanistan fortunately is one of the richest countries in terms of wa...” — Ashraf Ghani Quote

“Afghanistan fortunately is one of the richest countries in terms of water, mineral resources, location and human capital.”

“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 to improvise under very difficult conditions to hold this country together.”

“If we looked in the world of 1945 and looked at the map of capitalist economies and democratic polities, they were the rare exception, not the norm.”

“Afghanistan is moving to really becoming an export-oriented country.”

“For too many families, the aftershock of the war in Afghanistan will be felt every day, most probably for the rest of their lives. I know because I've looked into the eyes and the faces of grieving mothers.”

“In combat operations in places like Afghanistan, we often confronted the specter of dangerous people with powerful weapons who were a threat to their community and to our soldiers. Our aim was to quickly determine who in that community was a legitimate actor who could be trusted with a firearm and who was not.”