Alice Wells: “Our goal in Afghanistan is a sustainable, political settlement to end the war. Our conditions-based approach is working…”

How Afghans govern themselves needs to be determined by Afghans...

I think it is very important that donors speak with one voice about the importance we attach to the values enshrined in the Constitution and particular respect for the rights of women and girls to education, to work outside the home…

I think the critical point is that we do not want to leave or abandon Afghanistan at all.

I think every war is unique. But, certainly, the American role is critical and essential in driving any process forward.