Hamid Karzai: “We are a state that was weakened by years of destruction and war and interference.”

The amount of fraud in these elections could easily delegitimize the Karzai government.

I was taken aback. Who are these Taliban that a deal has been signed with? Why can't we find them? Who are their leaders?

The risks are that Afghanistan will go back into the hands of terrorists, into chaos, into despair. And we are not going to allow that.

It is not my role necessarily to give the United States advice about what it should do or should not do somewhere else, but I ask you, whatever you do, do not take your eyes off Afghanistan.