I was shooting in Afghanistan in 2001, post 9/11. America was shelling the country and all the normal ways to enter the… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and working internationally to… — Ed Royce Copy Share Image
2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
The closeness of the India-Afghanistan relationship is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since time immemorial. And as a close friend,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative… — Zhou Yongkang Copy Share Image
The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We… — Ahmad Shah Massoud Copy Share Image
The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
I'm trying to sum up President Obama's first 11 months in office. He gave billions to Wall Street, cracked down on illegal… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Here's some news from Afghanistan. We're sending more troops to seal up the borders. Can we try that here? Three months, 12,000… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
We will not allow anyone to perform any terrorist acts inside or from Afghanistan against anyone. We are a free country where… — Mohammad Rabbani Copy Share Image
Despite 18 years as a non-partisan public servant, my deeper "tribal" affinity has always been Tory. The Afghanistan file has given me… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
When did an old white guy yelling at me, telling me what to think become news? What gives him the right to… — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As a Green Beret who served in combat while deployed in Afghanistan, I know what it's like to command a unit comprised… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
There are still many, many uncertainties, challenges and difficulties in Afghanistan. But we have to enable the Afghans to manage those challenges… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
Gary Berntsen, head of the CIA in Afghanistan there, he was a field commander. And he has a book out called "Jawbreaker."… — Alan Colmes Copy Share Image
The Israelis have taken a lot of security measures which reduce significantly the ability of Iran to inflict truly severe pain in… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands.… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
[Today's left] would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 after a searing, four-year civil war, they immediately instituted laws which fit their utopic vision… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
“The last two days I’ve been on long bus rides, driven through the countryside on the back of a motorbike, and crossed… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I felt a hand on my back, movement behind me, my guys making room, someone squeezing into our circle, and then one… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course,… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as… — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
We ought to say, "Occupy Wall Street, not Iraq," "Occupy Wall Street, not Afghanistan," "Occupy Wall Street, not Palestine." The two need… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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