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Ashraf Ghani Biography

Mohammad Ashraf Ghanī Ahmadzai (Pashto/Dari: محمد اشرف غني احمدزی‎, born 19 May 1949) is the current President of Afghanistan, elected on 21 September 2014. An anthropologist by education, he previously served as finance minister and the chancellor of Kabul University.

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The national unity government is a necessity in this country and I am happy to serve it. We have negotiated for months to create a government, but Belgium also went for a year without one.

Country, Government, Necessity, Negotiated, Years

Salaries are a huge area of corruption.

Areas, Corruption, Huge, Salaries, Salary

The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft. But, then, as a result of the Ukraine crisis, the US Congress imposed sanctions on Russia and the equipment could no longer be delivered to us. I am proud of our security and defense forces.

Russia, Ukraine, Decision, Equipment, Aircraft, Sanctions

There's no place for mob justice in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, Justice, Mob, Place

The youth are hurt. Our majority are youth, under 30. They have no hope. They don't get jobs.

Hurt, Jobs, Majority, Under

Terrorism attacks peoples' trust in the system of their state. There is protection, but only if there is collective action and collective understanding about how to really deal with this phenomenon.

Action, Deal, Peoples, Protection, Understanding

We live in an interconnected world, and you cannot prevent people from leaving. What you need to do is to create opportunities. At the same time, people are also coming back.

Create, Leaving, Opportunity, People, Time

We [Afghanistan government] were in the process of cleaning up the government when these attacks happened in the north - not only in Kunduz, but also in other provinces. Our special forces are limited - we cannot be everywhere at the same time and we had to defend every district regardless of how insignificant it might be, because of the very social and political makeup of this country.

Afghanistan, Country, Government, Kunduz, Makeup

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price.

Fighting, National, Ordinary, Pay The Price, Pays, Tired

We don't have warlords. We have strongmen. They control provinces with military forces. These men at one time controlled territory; they have now been transformed into businessmen and politicians. Today our national security forces are built to control the provinces.

Built, Men, Military, Today

It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

Americans, Average, Country, Thinking, Troops

Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia; textbook economics does not work in my context.

Country, Elite, Inspiration, Motivation, Textbook, Useless

Peace cannot come without the engagement of those who have been before. Gen. Dostum will make peace possible. He was engaged in conflict of the past. Forgiveness is an extremely important part of our culture. But, like Rwanda and South Africa, we need to fashion our own solution.

Fashion, Gen, Important, Part, Past, Solution

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

Former, Karzai, Past, Peace, War

As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace, which requires persistence. We are determined to defend our country, and the whole region and the entire world understands the justice of our cause and the principled way in which we have engaged in it.

Country, Determined, Engaged, Enjoy, Luxury, Persistence

Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we have taken on thousands of previous armies and conquerors.

Army, Conquerors, Rise, Taken, Thousands, Way

Peace is our goal, but peace from strength, an enduring peace that will bring regional cooperation, what we have emphasized and agreed is that we are strategic partners. We are bound by common interests and will act together to ensure both the safety of United States and the safety of Afghanistan. That is the important consideration. Numbers are a means; they are not an end in themselves.

Strength, Peace, Mean, Enduring, Together

My immediate priorities are peace and stability. I want to differentiate between stability and security: Stability comes from the hearts of people and acceptance of the judicial system. Security comes from the barrel of a gun and the threat of the use of force. We're seeing violence at an unprecedented level. We've become numb to bloodletting. Enduring peace cannot come unless we build a state that can guarantee our individual rights and obligations.

Heart, Acceptance, Gun, Guarantee, Unprecedented, People

Women are part of the constitution.

Constitution, Part, Women

The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but they are not quick in responding to global, flexible networks.

Events, Culture, May, Efficient, Inherited, Bureaucratic

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