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In Afghanistan, you don't understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody, an uncle to somebody. You are part of something bigger than yourself.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

The first time I visited Afghanistan in May 2000, I was 26 years old, and the country was under Taliban rule. I went there to document Afghan women and landmine victims.

To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able to report, and the kind of stories people will tell you.

We can't stay in Afghanistan forever.

You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.