I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
We should remember that the Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Of course, many of them did support the Taliban.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The strategy for peace-building in Afghanistan is economic aid, reconstruction, international security forces. On those lines, the U.S. has been extremely slow.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The Soviets held to the tradition of colonialism. They raped the country and killed many people. But they also built dams, electrical… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The fact that there are no longer large units of Al Qaeda running around means you don't need B-52s. You need intelligence… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure. The West does not… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
What everyone underestimated was the acute unpopularity of the Taliban, even in the Pashtun areas. People like myself were saying the Taliban… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
“The USA and Unocal were essentially faced with a simple question in Afghanistan. Was it preferable to rely on Pakistan and Saudi… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The problem right now, which I've been pointing out very bluntly to American officials in Washington, is that the U.S. has no… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
If Afghan soldiers continue to kill American soldiers as is happening these days, it can hardly be assumed that they will stay… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
America does not hold to the colonial tradition. America came, liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban and al-Qaida, came to an arrangement with… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
America does not hold to the colonial tradition. America came, liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban and al-Qaida, came to an arrangement with Hamid Karzai,… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the image in… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
Pashtun nationalism is reasserting itself. Its political history spans several hundred years. The Pashtuns are angry at the Americans because, one, they're still being… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
There is no way the Americans are going to be able to carry out a full scale war against Iraq and at the same… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
Our Pakistan elites are spoiled by permanent foreign aid and therefore find it difficult to change course. Pakistan needs someone who stands up and… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
“Within a few short, dramatic months Afghanistan had been catapulted into the centre of the intensified Cold War between the Soviet Union and the… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky investments. In… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
The Pashtuns feel discriminated against by the Americans because they supported the Taliban and the war is still going on in their region with… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general uprising against… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
We should remember that the Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Of course, many of them did support the Taliban. But you… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
What everyone underestimated was the acute unpopularity of the Taliban, even in the Pashtun areas. People like myself were saying the Taliban would be… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
The Soviets held to the tradition of colonialism. They raped the country and killed many people. But they also built dams, electrical power plants,… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely [about Mullah Omar]. The most common answer was he is humble.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share
