This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. The full video interview will soon be available on dw.com.
DW: Mr. Karzai, you are seemingly not allowed to travel abroad. Are you a prisoner of the Taliban?
Hamid Karzai: No. Well, with regard to the travels abroad, that has not been possible. And they told me that. But inside the city of Kabul, when the security is fine, we ask them, we let them know that I am going to a place and they provide us an escort and the escort takes me…