Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanit… - Hamid Karzai

Terrorism sees, in the prosperity of the Afghan people, its ultimate defeat.

When you see on the news or read in the newspaper that so many people were killed in places far away, do not let these numbers become mere abstractions to you. These are real people, like you and I. They are families, friends; they have pain, they have grief.

We must not turn away when we hear the cries of the hungry. We must not stand by when we see the killing and terrorizing of the innocent. We should not wait until hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of our fellow human beings have died as occurred in Afghanistan, before we act.