80 Quotes by Ashraf Ghani

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.

The youth are hurt. Our majority are youth, under 30. They have no hope. They don’t get jobs.

The national unity government is a necessity in this country and I am happy to serve it. We have negotiated for months to create a government, but Belgium also went for a year without one.

People are easily shocked when their routine is disrupted and their ease of travel is restricted. We are dealing with a complete new face of terrorism – killing for the sake of killing.

It’s fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn’t want American troops in their country.

When windows shatter through a bomb, we will repair it next week because we are Afghans. That’s the spirit.

There won’t be some overnight miracle cure. But the measures I take will be sustainable. Our goal is to cease food imports within four years. This will create a minimum of 2 million jobs in agriculture.

We are organized by territories, whereas terrorists are organized into networks. States are very slow and terrorists are extremely fast. Intelligence sharing needs to expand beyond the regional and become global and not country-focused. We need to acquire speed and agility.