Hamid Karzai: “We will not see peace in Afghanistan. You will not see an end to the killing of your soldiers in Afghanistan.”

If they want that, then it's a serious mistake. Because instability in Afghanistan will automatically mean instability in Pakistan.

Terrorism was hurting us way before Iraq or September 11. And how do we fight them? How do we get rid of them, other than going after them?

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.

It may be 5 years before the Afghan Army is ready to take on insurgents and that it will be at least 15 years before the Afghan Government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.