When you see on the news or read in the newspaper that so many people were killed in places far away, do not let these numbers become mere abstractions to you. These are real people, like you and I. They are families, friends; they have pain, they have grief.

Commencement Address to Boston University Class of 2005 (May 22, 2005)

Transcript of President Hamid Karzai's Commencement Address to Boston University Class of 2005