Remarks Pertaining to Afghanistan
2016
10/05/16 Remarks at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Brussels, Belgium
08/25/16 On American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) Attack; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/18/16 Afghan Independence Day; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
06/21/16 Remarks to the Atlantic Council; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson; Atlantic Council; Washington, DC
06/05/16 Statement On David Gilkey and Zabihulla Tamanna; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/09/16 Joint Press Availability With Afghanistan President Ghani; Secretary of State John Kerry; Dilgusha Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
04/09/16 Remarks With Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
04/09/16 Remarks With Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani At the Opening of Bilateral Commission; Secretary of State John Kerry; Char Chinar Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
04/09/16 Remarks at Meet and Greet With Staff of Embassy Kabul; Secretary of State John Kerry; United States Embassy; Kabul, Afghanistan
04/04/16 Background Briefing on Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
04/04/16 On-The-Record Briefing on Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson; Washington, DC
03/15/16 Remarks at Launch of U.S. Strategy for Adolescent Girls Event; Secretary of State John Kerry; Bill Burns Auditorium; Washington, DC
2015
12/16/15 U.S.-Afghanistan Relationship; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
09/26/15 Background Briefing on High-Level Event on Afghanistan; New York Palace Hotel; New York City
09/26/15 Remarks at the Afghan Narcotics Rollout of the National Drug Action Plan; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom; New York Palace Hotel; New York City
09/26/15 Remarks at the High-Level Event on Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; New York Palace Hotel; New York City
09/09/15 Remarks to the Afghan Diplomat Training Program; Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken; 5th Floor Diplomatic Reception Room; Washington, DC
08/19/15 Afghan Independence Day; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/05/15 Successes and Challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; United States Institute of Peace; Washington, DC
03/27/15 A Readout of Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah's Visit to Washington; Washington, DC
03/24/15 Remarks at Dinner in Honor of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah; Secretary of State John Kerry; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
03/23/15 Afghanistan Officials' 2015 Visit to Washington
03/23/15 Background Briefing: Senior Administration Officials On High-Level Afghanistan Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Camp David
03/23/15 Joint Press Availability With Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah; Secretary of State John Kerry; Camp David
03/23/15 Remarks With Afghan President Ashraf Ghani; Secretary of State John Kerry; Camp David
03/06/15 Remarks at the International Women of Courage Ceremony; Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine M. Russell; Washington, DC
01/22/15 The New Silk Road Post-2014: Challenges and Opportunities; Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The Woodrow Wilson Center; Washington, DC
2014
12/11/14 Remarks at Center for American Progress; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; As Prepared; Washington, DC
12/04/14 Remarks at the London Conference on Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Lancaster House; London, United Kingdom
12/03/14 Senior State Department Official To Preview the London Conference on Afghanistan; Brussels, Belgium
11/10/14 Video Remarks for the Launch of USAID Promote in Kabul; Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine M. Russell; Washington, DC
11/06/14 13th Anniversary CAREC Ministerial Conference; Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; As Prepared; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
11/06/14 Remarks at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; Washington, DC
10/10/14 Interview With Masood Farivar of Voice of America; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
09/30/14 Background Briefing on the U.S.-Afghanistan Security and Defense Cooperation Agreement; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
09/30/14 Signing of Bilateral Security Agreement and NATO Status of Forces Agreement; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
09/29/14 United States Congratulates President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
09/27/14 Afghanistan's Triumph of Statesmanship and Compromise; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington Post
09/25/14 Update on Afghanistan Elections; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; New York, NY
09/24/14 Background Briefing on Afghanistan; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
09/21/14 Remarks With French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
09/21/14 United States Congratulates Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on the Agreement on Formation of a Government of National Unity; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/18/14 Afghan Independence Day; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
08/08/14 Remarks With Afghan Officials After Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; United Nations Assistance Mission; Kabul, Afghanistan
08/06/14 Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Trip to Kabul, Afghanistan; En Route to Kabul, Afghanistan
08/01/14 Additional Visas Authorized for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
07/30/14 Op-Ed on Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; TOLOnews; Washington, DC
07/29/14 Interview With BBC Radio 4; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; London, United Kingdom
07/22/14 Press Briefing on Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/18/14 Update on Afghanistan Elections; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; Washington, DC
07/14/14 Background Briefing on Afghanistan Elections; Washington, DC
07/13/14 Background Briefing on Meetings in Kabul; En Route to Vienna, Austria
07/12/14 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Head of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Jan Kubis; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/12/14 Remarks With Head of UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan Jan Kubis, Afghan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Abdullah, and Afghan Presidential Candidate Ashraf Ghani; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Background Briefing on Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Background Briefing on the Secretary's Trip to Afghanistan; En Route to Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Remarks With Afghan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Abdullah Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Remarks With Afghan Presidential Candidate Ashraf Ghani Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Remarks With Afghan Security Officials Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/11/14 Remarks With Head of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Jan Kubis Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/09/14 Remarks on Afghanistan to the Asia Society; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Interview With BBC World; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Interview With Jamaluddin Mosawi of BBC; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Interview With TOLO News; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
07/07/14 Interview With Zheela Noori of VOA; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
07/07/14 Statement on Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
07/02/14 On Retirement of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, and Appointment of Special Representative Daniel Feldman; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
06/14/14 Conclusion of Afghan Elections; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
06/12/14 Dedication of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Memorial Wall; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; 21st Street Entrance; Washington, DC
06/12/14 Remarks at the Dedication of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Memorial Wall; Secretary of State John Kerry; 21st Street Entrance; Washington, DC
06/07/14 Interview With Elise Labott of CNN; Secretary of State John Kerry; St. Briac, France
06/03/14 We Need More Visas, Now, for Our Afghan Allies; Secretary of State John Kerry; Los Angeles Times
05/31/14 Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
05/27/14 Statement by the President on Afghanistan; Washington, DC
05/27/14 The Way Forward in Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
05/09/14 Statement by Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns on Visiting Pakistan; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/30/14 A Transformation: Afghanistan Beyond 2014; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Jarrett Blanc; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/30/14 A Transformation: Afghanistan Beyond 2014; Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/25/14 Interview on PTV's Politics Today; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/05/14 Afghanistan Elections; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/02/14 Upcoming Afghan Elections; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/20/14 Promoting Regional Security and Economic Opportunity; Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
02/28/14 Keynote Address at ASAP-USIP-VOA Conference on "Getting Beyond Afghanistan in 2014"; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; United States Institute for Peace; Washington, DC
02/05/14 U.S. Counternarcotics Operations in Afghanistan; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Prepared Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee on tbe Middle East and North Africa; Washington, DC
01/27/14 Counter-Narcotics Justice Center Detention Facility (CNJC)- Handover Ceremony; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Kabul, Afghanistan
01/26/14 Signing Ceremony for Memorandum of Intent on Re-Designed Good Performers Initiative (GPI); Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Kabul, Afghanistan
01/15/14 Future U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; Washington, DC
2013
12/11/13 U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Opening Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
12/10/13 The Transition in Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Remarks Submitted for the Record to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/05/13 Interview with Associated Press' Patrick Quinn; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Kabul, Afghanistan
11/24/13 The Loya Jirga and the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
11/22/13 Interview With TOLO TV; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
11/15/13 Remarks at the Georgetown University Symposium "Advancing Afghan Women"; Secretary of State John Kerry; Georgetown University; Washington, DC
10/25/13 The United States and the New Silk Road; Deputy Assistant Secretary Lynne M. Tracy, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
10/24/13 Remarks at the 12th Anniversary CAREC Ministerial Conference; Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
10/16/13 Interview With NPR; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
10/12/13 Background Briefing: Senior State Department Officials and Senior Administration Official on Bilateral Security Agreement; ERT London, England
10/12/13 Joint Press Availability With Afghan President Hamid Karzai After Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/12/13 Meeting With Mission Afghanistan Staff; Secretary of State John Kerry; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/11/13 Background Briefing Previewing Secretary Kerry's Trip to Kabul, Afghanistan; En route to Kabul, Afghanistan
09/25/13 Current U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; New York, NY
09/16/13 Current U.S. Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Washington, DC
08/18/13 Afghanistan's Independence Day; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
07/11/13 Assessing the Transition in Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James F. Dobbins; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
06/07/13 Remarks at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Policy Conference on Islam in Eurasia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Kennan Institute, Wilson Center; Washington, DC
05/14/13 Remarks With Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt; Secretary of State John Kerry; Rosenbad; Stockholm, Sweden
05/12/13 Afghanistan Media Roundtable; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
05/11/13 Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
05/03/13 Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
04/26/13 Interview With Al Jazeera; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/26/13 Remarks at the "Heart Of Asia" Ministerial; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/26/13 The Istanbul Process Ministerial: Results and Prospects for the Future; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/25/13 Question and Answer Session at University for World Economy and Diplomacy; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
04/25/13 Remarks at U.S. Embassy Tashkent; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
04/24/13 Remarks After a Trilateral Meeting With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani; Secretary of State John Kerry; Truman Hall; Tervuren, Belgium
04/24/13 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Pakistani General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Jilani Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Truman Hall; Tervuren, Belgium
04/23/13 Nazarbayev University Q&A; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/23/13 Opening Remarks at Nazarbayev University; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/23/13 Press Availability After NATO Ministerial; Secretary of State John Kerry; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
04/23/13 Remarks on Bilateral and Regional Cooperation; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
04/22/13 Background Briefing on the NATO Ministerial; The Hotel; Brussels, Belgium
04/12/13 Looking East, Looking West: U.S. Support for India's Regional Leadership; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Harvard University; Cambridge, MA
04/11/13 Remarks at Justice Sector Reform Panel; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Russell Senate Office Building; Washington, DC
04/06/13 Deadly Attack in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
03/25/13 Background Briefing: Senior Administration Officials; En Route To Kabul
03/25/13 Remarks With President Hamid Karzai After Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Presidential Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
03/13/13 The Energy, Trade, and Development Forum - Turkmenistan Session; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Turkic American Convention; Washington, DC
03/13/13 The New Silk Road and Regional Economic Integration; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Turkic American Convention; Washington, DC
03/12/13 Regional Economic Integration in South and Central Asia; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Afghanistan Security Days, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Vienna, Austria
03/12/13 Remarks With Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/27/13 Islamist Militant Threats in Eurasia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
02/21/13 Press Conference; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Hyatt Regency; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
02/20/13 Remarks After Meeting With President Rahmon; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Palace of Nations; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
02/07/13 Remarks to the Ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Kennedy Center Concert Hall; Washington, DC
02/04/13 Remarks to the Afghan National Institute of Music Ensembles; Secretary of State John Kerry; Dean Acheson Auditorium; Washington, DC
2012
12/15/12 Interview With Ariana TV; Kabul, Afghanistan
12/15/12 Roundtable Press Conference; Kabul, Afghanistan
12/05/12 Press Conference With Governor Tooryalai Wesa; Kandahar, Afghanistan
10/03/12 Secretary Clinton Hosts the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
08/09/12 Death of USAID Officer in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
07/09/12 Delivering on the New Silk Road; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tokyo Symposium on a New Silk Road; Tokyo, Japan
07/07/12 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/07/12 Meeting with Embassy Staff in Kabul; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy Atrium; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/08/12 Intervention at the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Prince Park Tower Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/08/12 Remarks at Afghan Civil Society Event; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Prince Park Tower Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/08/12 Joint Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rassoul, and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar at the First Ministerial-level Core Group Trilateral Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
07/08/12 Background Briefing on the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan; Senior Official; Okura Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/06/12 Unsung in Afghanistan; Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Afghanistan; The Washington Post
06/14/12 Remarks at the "Heart of Asia" Ministerial; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
06/13/12 Remarks at the Ceremony to Open the U.S. Consulate in Herat; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Herat, Afghanistan
04/10/12 Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; United States Institute of Peace; Washington, DC
04/17/12 Remarks at the OSCE Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Vienna, Austria
03/26/12 Statement by the U.S. at the 5th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA); Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
03/19/12 Remarks to the Media in Copenhagen; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Copenhagen, Denmark
03/20/12 Media Stakeout in Warsaw; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Warsaw, Poland
03/21/12 Remarks at the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council 10th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
03/21/12 Remarks With Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Zalmai Rassoul After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
2011
12/06/11 Ashura Holy Day Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
12/06/11 United States Contributes $246,687 to IDLO to Support Gender Justice in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/11 Remarks at Afghanistan Conference First Working Session; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
12/05/11 Remarks at Breakfast with Afghan Civil Society Representatives; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kameha Grand Hotel; Bonn, Germany
12/05/11 Remarks at the Afghan Women's Event; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
12/05/11 Remarks at the Bonn Conference Center; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
11/04/11 Release of the Status Report: Afghanistan and Pakistan Civilian Engagement; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
11/02/11 Background Briefing: Senior State Department Official on Afghan Meeting in Istanbul; Via Teleconference
11/02/11 Remarks at Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Istanbul, Turkey
10/31/11 Background Briefing: Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Trip To Istanbul; Via Teleconference
10/27/11 Testimony on Afghanistan and Pakistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
10/20/11 Interview With Abdul Merzee of Ariana Television; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Kim Ghattas of BBC; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Mike Viqueira of NBC News; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Mujahid Kakar of Tolo TV; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Nick Schifrin of ABC News; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Wendell Goler of Fox; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Interview With Whit Johnson of CBS; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/20/11 Roundtable With Civil Society Leaders; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
10/19/11 Background Briefing: Senior State Department Officials on Afghanistan; U.S. Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
09/28/11 Interview With Pakistan's Express News; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; New York City
09/22/11 Remarks at the New Silk Road Ministerial Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; New York City, New York
09/22/11 Remarks at the World Bank High-Level Meeting on Afghanistan; Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Washington, DC
09/14/11 Comments on the Attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul; Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Afghanistan; Washington, DC
09/08/11 Remarks With Afghan National Security Advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
07/25/11 U.S. Position on Support for Afghanistan; Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/22/11 Read out on Secretary of State Clinton's Trip to India; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
07/19/11 Opening of Central Asia and Afghanistan Women's Economic Symposium; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Heide Bronke Fulton, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
07/13/11 Remarks With Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov After their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
07/02/11 Remarks With Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Viana Palace; Madrid, Spain
07/02/11 Remarks at a Meet and Greet With Staff and Families; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Madrid, Spain
07/01/11 Remarks With Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite After their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Vilnius, Lithuania
06/30/11 Remarks With Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Parliament; Budapest, Hungary
06/30/11 Remarks at Women Enhancing Democracy Event; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Vilnius, Lithuania
06/27/11 Remarks With Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmi Rassol; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Kabul, Afghanistan
06/24/11 Briefing on His Upcoming Trip to the Pacific Islands; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
06/24/11 Croatia's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
06/24/11 Interview With Mr. Mikhail Gusman of ITAR-TASS News Agency; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
06/24/11 Remarks With South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
06/24/11 Slovenia's Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
06/23/11 The Way Forward in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
06/22/11 South and Central Asia Fulbright Pre-Departure Orientation; Washington, DC
06/21/11 Interview With AAJ TAK; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
06/21/11 Interview With ETV; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
06/21/11 New Delhi Media Roundtable; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
06/09/11 Bilateral Relations Since the Obama-Singh Summit; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; India Caucus / CSIS Panel on U.S.-India Relations; Washington, DC
06/09/11 The Day of Russia; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
06/06/11 Remarks With French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
06/02/11 Remarks With Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
06/02/11 Secretary Clinton Receives the 2011 George C. Marshall Foundation Award; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; National Building Museum; Washington, DC
05/27/11 Remarks With Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
05/24/11 Interview With the Defense Writers Group; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, United States
05/23/11 Remarks With British Foreign Secretary William Hague; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Foreign and Commonwealth Office; London, England
05/20/11 U.S. - Tajikistan Relations; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Palace of Nations; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
05/17/11 Remarks With EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/17/11 Remarks With New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
05/05/11 Remarks With Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Rome, Italy
05/04/11 National Conference of Editorial Writers; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Loy Henderson Auditorium; Washington, DC
05/02/11 Death of Usama bin Ladin and the Reaction of the Muslim-American Community; Washington, DC
05/02/11 Remarks on the Killing of Usama bin Ladin; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
04/21/11 Remarks With Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
04/15/11 Remarks at Memorial Service for Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; American Academy; Berlin, Germany
02/18/11 Opening Remarks at the Uzbekistan-U.S. Business Forum; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
02/18/11 Press Conference; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; U.S. Embassy Atrium; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
02/18/11 Remarks at the Launch of the Asia Society's Series of Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Addresses; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; New York, NY
01/13/11 Remarks to the Washington International Business Council Army and Navy Club; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
01/12/11 Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bait Al Zubair Museum; Muscat, Oman
01/12/11 Interview With Kim Ghattas of BBC; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bait Al Zubair Museum; Muscat, Oman
01/10/11 Remarks to the Press; Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Frank Ruggiero; U.S. Embassy; Kabul, Afghanistan
01/06/11 Remarks With Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Seiji Maehara After Their Meeting (As Prepared); Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
2010
12/16/10 Omnibus Bill; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
12/16/10 Press Briefing With White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; James S. Brady Press Briefing Room; Washington, DC
12/16/10 Remarks on the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
12/13/10 Passing of Richard Holbrooke; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
12/13/10 Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa After their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Wakefield Mill Inn; Ottawa, Canada
12/03/10 Interview With Kim Ghattas of BBC; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Manama, Bahrain
11/17/10 Remarks With Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
11/07/10 Interview With Cynthia McFadden of ABC's Nightline; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Grand Hyatt Hotel; Melbourne, Australia
10/29/10 Special Briefing on Trip to Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
10/15/10 Remarks on Innovation and American Leadership to the Commonwealth Club; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; San Francisco Marriott Marquis; San Francisco, CA
10/14/10 Interview With ABC's Robin Roberts; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Brussels, Belgium
10/14/10 Remarks with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
09/01/10 Briefing on U.S. Government's Continued Efforts to Disrupt and Dismantle Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
08/31/10 Attacks on Afghan School Children; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/31/10 Killing of Parliamentary Candidate and Election Workers in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/17/10 Afghanistan's Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/12/10 Current State in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Interview by Charilie Rose, The Charlie Rose Show; Washington, DC
08/09/10 Press Availability On Relief Workers Killed in Afghanistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
08/09/10 Relief Workers Killed in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
07/22/10 Debt Relief Signing Ceremony; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/13/10 Special Briefing On Upcoming Kabul Conference; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
05/13/10 Remarks With Afghan Women Ministers Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/13/10 Remarks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a Moderated Conversation; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Institute of Peace; Washington, DC
05/12/10 Joint Statement from the President and President Karzai of Afghanistan
05/11/10 Remarks With Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/11/10 Remarks at Reception in Honor of Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
05/11/10 U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Discussions; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
05/04/10 Press Roundtable; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Beijing, China
04/19/10 The Rehearsal of Concept Drill in Kabul, Upcoming visit of President Karzai, and U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Follow-up; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
04/16/10 On-the-Record-Briefing on Respective Trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan; Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
03/29/10 Media Roundtable; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Via DVC with London; Brussels, Belgium
03/27/10 Press Conference; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Lahore, Pakistan
03/26/10 Interview With Steven Hoggard of National Geographic; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
03/25/10 Media Briefing; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Karachi, Pakistan
03/25/10 The Obama Administration and International Law; Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Harold Hongju Koh; Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law; Washington, DC
03/02/10 Briefing by Special Representative Holbrooke on his Recent Trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Georgia and Germany; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
02/03/10 Briefing on Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
01/25/10 Remarks With Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
01/20/10 Remarks On the Occasion of the Commencement of Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; National Press Club; Washington, DC
01/11/10 Special Briefing on Sustaining Agriculture in Afghanistan; Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
01/07/10 U.S. Government Agriculture Sector Programs in Afghanistan and Upcoming Travel to the Region; Washington, DC
2009
12/09/09 The New Afghanistan Strategy: The View from the Ground; Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/07/09 Present Secretary's Award for Heroism to Lynne Tracy; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
12/07/09 Remarks at the American Enterprise Institute; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Paul W. Jones; Washington, DC
12/04/09 Secretary Clinton Records Two Videos To Reach Afghan and Pakistani Audiences; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/19/09 Address to U.S. and International Troops in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
11/19/09 Interview With Mujahid Jawad of Radio Azadi; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afganistan
11/19/09 Press Conference at U.S. Embassy Kabul; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kabul, Afghanistan
11/19/09 Remarks at Civil-Military Integration Briefing; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
11/18/09 Meet and Greet at Embassy Kabul with Employees and Their Families; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
11/01/09 Afghanistan Election; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
10/30/09 Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/30/09 Interview With Jim Sciutto of ABC; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/30/09 Interview With Margaret Warner of PBS; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/30/09 Interview With Wyatt Andrews of CBS; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/30/09 Townterview Hosted by Prominent Pakistani Women Journalists; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/29/09 Roundtable with Radio Journalists; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/28/09 Attack on a Guest House in Kabul; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
10/26/09 Briefing on Progress Made in Civilian Hiring in Afghanistan; Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
10/23/09 On-the-Record Briefing; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
10/19/09 Remarks to the Press; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
10/06/09 Interview With Katie Couric of CBS Evening News; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
10/05/09 Town Hall with Secretary of Defense Gates on American Power and Persuasion; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; George Washington University; Washington, DC
09/24/09 On-the-Record Briefing to the Press; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York City
09/21/09 Interview With Margaret Warner of the NewsHour With Jim Lehrer; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
09/17/09 Afghanistan Bombing; Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
09/11/09 September 11 Commemoration Ceremony at U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Kabul, Afghanistan
09/09/09 The Obama Administration's Policy on South Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Washington, DC
08/24/09 Afghanistan Elections; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Kabul, Afghanistan
08/21/09 Remarks by the President on the Recent Elections in Afghanistan; South Lawn, The White House; Washington, DC
08/07/09 Interview With Dawn Newpaper and TV; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
06/30/09 Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer on Her Recent Visit to Afghanistan and the U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women; Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
06/10/09 Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke On His Recent Travels to the Region; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
04/20/09 Tajikistan-U.S. Relations; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
03/31/09 Remarks With Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Hague, Netherlands
03/31/09 Remarks at The International Conference on Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Hague, Netherlands
03/27/09 Assistant Secretary Boucher's Interview With the BBC Regarding Afghanistan and Pakistan; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
03/27/09 Interview With Times Now; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
03/27/09 U.S. Working to Support Afghan and Pakistani Cooperation ; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Conference Call; Washington, DC
03/20/09 The Hague Conference on Afghanistan; Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; With NRC Handelsbald; Washington, United States
02/26/09 Strategic Partnership With Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
02/26/09 U.S.-Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Meetings To Be Held on a Regular Basis; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
02/06/09 Special Representative Holbrooke's Role in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Interview With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times; Washington, DC