There is no doubt that bombing villages and irresponsible searches of houses have frustrated many Afghans and have created hatred among the Afghan people towards foreign forces. My administration will establish an effective coordination body with NATO forces, US forces and the UN to make sure that civilian casualties are avoided at any cost.

I will set up a commission comprised of 100 members, including religious leaders, tribal chiefs and intellectuals, to continuously negotiate with the Taliban. I am willing to bring changes in the constitution to pave the way for Taliban and other opponent groups to join the government. I am willing to offer government positions to Taliban and other opponent groups.

Those who are involved in crimes or warlords will be tried in the courts. No one is above the law. In my administration all warlords, drug-mafia, criminal gangs and other criminals will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.  

Equal education for all Afghan children, regardless if they are rich or poor, boys or girls, any ethnicity, are a top priority in my agenda. I think the problem is not a matter of public versus private schools, but we need to improve the public school system. The main problem is that the curriculum is poor, and there is insufficient money being given to education. Teachers are underpaid, not certified, and there are not enough female teachers.  Also, there are not enough properly built schools; instead tents and other unprotected structures are being used in place of school buildings. Under my leadership, a more competitive curriculum will be made, more schools will be built, textbooks and supplies will be distributed to each village, more teachers will be certified and trained, and then re-certified every five years to ensure they are keeping up to date with their current respective fields, and they will be given the proper budget to maintain a higher educational standard for Afghanistan.

Women’s rights are a key issue that needs to be addressed in Afghanistan today. Under my administration, women will be given equal rights under the law, and women’s rights violations will be given special courts that deal with all issues regarding violence and harassment of women. A woman should not be afraid to report harassment, and will be given protection if needed against the criminal. Unfortunately, violence against women is a daily occurrence today, and won’t stop unless strict actions are taken against violators. Under my administration there will also be three women as cabinet members, five as governors and 10 as ambassadors.

We will make more taps of clean running water available in every village.

The wells and dams need to be cleaned out, and more hydroelectric dams, which can be funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, the European Community, USAID and other donors, need to be put in place. Also USAID has begun funding irrigation canals and hand pumps, we need to ensure the work continues and spreads throughout Afghanistan; this will help not only with drinking water, but also water for farming and agriculture. In addition, we will provide education, especially to all women with children, on the importance of clean water for their children’s survival, to prevent parasites, diarrhoea and eventually death from unsafe drinking water, and provide chlorine tablets for them to add to their water supply.