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

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

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

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.

As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.