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Trauma is not the sole province of victims. If that were true, soldiers returning from Afghanistan wouldn't suffer from PTSD.

As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

When suffering from TBI and PTSD, it's difficult to find the motivation to seek help. I want society not to forget those that served this country.

I don't know how people can live without a therapist.