Getting Americans out of Afghanistan was always the aim of the Afghans. That's why they put suicide vests on their bodies, getting [Americans] out now is a big victory achievement for Afghans. You'd also be proud if your heroes kicked out invaders from your land.

Sirajuddin Haqqani

We are more safe and more secure today than we were on 9/11, we are much better at counterterrorism than we were before. Our military is much better at finding and fixing and finishing bad guys on the battlefield.

Sirajuddin Haqqani

So we are more secure now than we were 20 years ago, but my fear is that the decision to leave Afghanistan to its fate without any sort of military capabilities there to continue to fight terrorists is putting us in a weaker position than we were in just a couple of months ago.

Sirajuddin Haqqani

All that said, the question is not whether the United States has the capability to fight terrorists, the question is whether our political leaders have the will to continue to focus on this problem.

Sirajuddin Haqqani