Afghanistan and NATO will enter a new phase of partnership on January 1, 2015. Afghan forces are ready to defend their homeland and to safeguard the world.

Deeper integration for peace and prosperity is an imperative. Reliance on networks of violence and using them as proxies in competitions will destabilize the state system.

In order to overcome the past, we need to grasp “backwardness” as a process and understand its underlying causes.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are jointly determined to put an end to suffering of their people as consolidation of democratic processes

Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces have successfully assumed security responsibilities after completion of 5 phases of transition within 3 years.

Interpenetration of destructive politics and criminality gives criminal networks speediness and flexibility, and tackling this requires a collective and coordinated response of the state system.