The Western world doesn't really give enough credit to the importance in history of the Soviet invasion and the subsequent war in… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The whole importance of Iraq is that we have now created two things. One, Iraq is in the Arab heartland in terms… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
Working with kids in Soweto in South Africa, it's rough out there. But the bottom line is you've got to go to… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari,… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims… — Bob Graham Copy Share Image
Counting the numbers of troops is not going to define our success here.There is no military success, ultimately, to Afghanistan. The Afghans… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
If Bush had read all the documents about the Russians and British in Afghanistan in the 19th century, he would have not… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted… — Daniel Kofman Copy Share Image
Images of burning Red Cross and UN buildings struck by US bombs contrasted with images of thousands of desperately poor Afghan women… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
At CNN, we didn't let candidates' claims go unchecked. So, for example, in an interview with me, when Trump claimed he had… — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of… — Chelsea Manning Copy Share Image
The American administration is trying to achieve any gain in the shadow of the embarrassment hitting it because of its failures in… — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
The people who died in the Twin Towers in that terrible crime mattered. The people who were bombed to death in dusty… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
Today too, the most important issue in the world is Palestine. If a war breaks out in Iraq, we believe it is… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
We don't make bicycles anymore. It's all human relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure out new ways for everyone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Among the achievements celebrated in Trump's first 100 days are the 59 cruise missiles launched at the Syrian airfield from which the… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
The U.S. has and still is cooperating with various military dictatorships around the world. Obviously we would prefer to see them democratized,… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
People say the war in Iraq is a bad war, and the war in Afghanistan is a good war, but what's the… — Malalai Joya Copy Share Image
It is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so-called 'Islamic… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come… — Najibullah Quraishi Copy Share Image
The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
In Turkey it was always 1952, in Malaysia 1937; Afghanistan was 1910 and Bolivia 1949. It is 20 years ago in the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is because no one requires more than a charming illusion of action in the developing world. If policy makers know… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
We have a variety of intelligence and we're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this year. We've… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
All the intelligence services of America and Europe know full well that the disastrous attack ( of 9/11 ) has been planned… — Francesco Cossiga Copy Share Image
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of… — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
We [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] support and fund projects that bring jobs, healthcare, and education to women and children. In addition,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My family left Afghanistan in 1976, well before the Communist coup and the Soviet invasion. We certainly thought we would be going… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I think that the first point to be made is there is no "solution" in Afghanistan. Solution I put in quotes. We… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
![“The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are homeless, living out in the open or in makeshift homes. This is an area of urgent need as Afghanistan's natural elements are quite harsh, with very hot…” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/662/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_the-bulk-of-our-efforts-in-the-khaled-ho_2502029.jpg)
![“The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with Ashraf Ghani and his top - his top partner, Abdullah. And they are doing their very best. And the Afghan army is actually fighting. The Afghan…” quote by Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/941/hillary-clinton-51_afghan_the-president-barack-obama-decided-to-le_169911.jpg)
![“Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come from Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, saying the Quran says this, Quran says that, and the Afghans believe that because they speak Arabic, they think they know the…” quote by Najibullah Quraishi](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/362/najibullah-quraishi-60061_afghanistan_our-afghanistan-main-problem-is-educatio_166123.jpg)
![“The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.” quote by Ted Rall](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/34a/ted-rall-13770_afghanistan_the-word-hero-has-been-bandied-about-a-l_1189882.png)
![“We [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] support and fund projects that bring jobs, healthcare, and education to women and children. In addition, we award scholarships to women pursuing higher education in Afghanistan.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ba8/khaled-hosseini-251_afghanistan_we-in-the-khaled-hosseini-foundation-sup_342046.png)
