Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai /ˈhæmᵻd ˈkɑːrˌzaɪ/served as President of Afghanistan for almost ten years, from 7 December 2004 to 29 September 2014. He comes from a politically active family; Karzai's father, uncle and grandfather were all active in Afghan politics and government. Karzai and his father before him, Abdul Ahad Karzai, were each head of the Popalzai tribe of the Durrani tribal confederation...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 December 1957
children people tough-times
People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.
country people needs
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
liberty
Life without Liberty is far worse than death.
thinking afghanistan taliban
I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
strong years feet
Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course, we need strong support from the international community, including the United States, to stay with us and support us fully.
people progress afghanistan
Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
order years flags
This flag .. is raised not without costs, .. without the costs of having struggled for many years, without the costs of having lost so many lives in order to have a free and sovereign and good Afghanistan.
country differences people
Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.
people suffering president
As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
motivation war believe
But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.
evil liberty grows
Where liberty dies, evil grows.
pakistan want
No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.
change focus stronger
I hope (the United States) will change and they will now focus entirely on helping and building a stronger, better Afghanistan.
talking america united-states
A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.