There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
Peace cannot come without the government of Afghanistan speaking directly to the Taliban or the Taliban talking directly to us. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
Afghanistan has safe zones... so it's possible to send grown-ups back to that country. We can't empty Afghanistan. — Erna Solberg Copy Share Image
I brought Hassan’s son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
While researching 'Horse Soldiers,' I conducted over 100 interviews in the U.S. and in Afghanistan, and in Afghanistan, I walked and studied… — Doug Stanton Copy Share Image
At least, it is encouraging to me that President [Barack] Obama has put Afghanistan front and center in this broader so-called War… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The problem with the United States is that it is making an increased use of drones/Predators [which are] particularly prominently used now… — Philip Alston Copy Share Image
Like Obama, President Trump has utilized military strikes, albeit in a limited fashion. Nevertheless, he has invaded no new countries and worked… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
“It felt like we were reliving the first day of the school year, when students and teachers do the get-to-know-you dance—teachers tell… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
“I looked westward and marveled that, somewhere over those mountains, Kabul still existed. It really existed, not just as an old memory,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was an actor. Not at all a factor, Just an employee of the country's real masters. Just like the Bushes,… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
“Look, look at my country, look at my Kabul, my city, what is left of my city? The streets are as bare… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I believed Afghanistan was always going to be hard. It's the fifth poorest country in the world. And when you fly over… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I did an embed in Afghanistan on the Pakistan border in 2008. One of the things you realize when you're talking to… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Our tragedy today is not just that millions of people who called themselves communist or socialist were physically liquidated in Vietnam, Indonesia,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But if too many countries, as has been the case, interfere too much in the internal affairs, the political situation of Afghanistan,… — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
At the time we are focusing our efforts primarily on building shelters for refugees. Homelessness in Afghanistan is a huge problem. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Buttigieg was a naval reservist who served as a lieutenant in Afghanistan, so he has seen first hand how American foreign policy… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
The Taliban, who controlled Afghanistan, harbored and protected the terrorist organization that was behind the 9/11 attacks on the United States, and… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
“I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without… — Sonita Alizadeh Copy Share Image
After the invasion of Afghanistan, when the focus suddenly turned toward Iraq, I suddenly thought, 'What on earth had Iraq got to… — Katharine Gun Copy Share Image
While my mother is from Jammu, my father was originally from Afghanistan, as my grandfather was the governor of five provinces there,… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
If Afghanistan slides back into chaos and civil war it will drag Pakistan down with it, with five times the population and… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Ben Lewis. He's in Afghanistan." "He is?" I blinked. "In the army ?" "Well, he's not there on his honeymoon.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Were busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is a better… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
I can't say enough about the tremendous work the Missouri National Guard has done as part of our military efforts in Afghanistan,… — Jay Nixon Copy Share Image
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