No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.

We have a constitution that we have today which is the most enlightened in that part of the world, ... And that constitution has been made possible because of the liberation that you helped us gain and because of the stability that the United States helped us have in Afghanistan.

We cannot allow this country to be influenced by mafia and narcotics-related activities. It kills our economy. It destroys our reputation. So we are going to work against it.

On this day of a new, peaceful, prosperous era for our country, I would like to wish for the best for Afghanistan.

we will tell them, 'go ahead and run this country.'

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.