Believe it or not, I had to operate from a store,

Sometimes I take it paradoxically–to the extent that it is unthinkable, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was kind enough to recognize my hotel suite as my office for four months,

The upheavals in Afghanistan are not an Afghan thing. It [upheavals] had its roots outside the country, which eventually led the country to be a hub of terrorism, … who had a different agenda.

We, in the Interior Ministry, are vehemently against any militia carrying out security duties,

Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit