I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Osama bin Laden is gone. The war in Iraq is over. Afghanistan is coming to a close. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.” — M.M. Kaye Copy Share Image
The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
We need to get a stable Afghanistan that can ensure the security of Americans, Europeans, and others on the one hand, but… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have… — Anja Niedringhaus Copy Share Image
I understand why so many Americans were angry when I was first discovered in Afghanistan. I realize many still are, but I… — John Walker Lindh 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
For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go. — R. Lee Ermey Copy Share Image
We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq]. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm outraged that we're building roads, schools, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that we're doing it with borrowed money from… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
President Obama continues to support war. He continues to remove many basic civil liberties and human rights. He continues to condone drones… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
My message is, is that although some of you didn't agree with the actions we took, now let's work together to rebuild… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
We havent been out in many of these countries helping them build infrastructure. How would they look at us today if we… — Patty Murray Copy Share Image
This flag .. is raised not without costs, .. without the costs of having struggled for many years, without the costs of… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
It is in American and Afghan interests for the U.S. to stay in Afghanistan so it doesn't turn into Iraq circa 2014,… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
The al-Qaida cell broken up near Buffalo, N.Y., contains some citizens who also found themselves in Afghanistan, training for the Great All-Around… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
For Americans, Poland has been a symbol of hope since the beginning of our nation. Polish heroes and American patriots fought side… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We see no military - we seek no military bases there. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Suddenly that it was as dangerous to be in America as it was to be overseas. So that the false distinction that's… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Continuous wars - which we have now had since 2001 - starting with Afghanistan, continuing on to Iraq. And even since Iraq,… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“On the TV and in the newspapers all we hear and read is 'live your life or the terrorists win' and it… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“All my life my dad felt this need to protect his kids from a war he fought, a war I believed could… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
It's an amazing thing to hear they're finally giving out a Medal of Honor to a soldier from the wars of Iraq… — Tim Hetherington Copy Share Image
Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses. — Keith Henson Copy Share Image
We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment. — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
I want the American people to understand, we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat Al Qaeda in… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
As far as Afghanistan is concerned, I'm not sure whether the United States and Pakistan have the same objectives. Pakistan would like… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble. — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the border area with Afghanistan — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image