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.
Karzai emphasized the importance of focusing on Afghanistan's situation.
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At a security summit in London, Afghan President Hamid Karzai described his plan to reintegrate Taliban fighters into a law-abiding society if they promise to renounce violence.
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.
If they want that, then it's a serious mistake. Because instability in Afghanistan will automatically mean instability in Pakistan.
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.