“Kabul is . . .” Idris searches for the right words. “A thousand tragedies per square mile.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I was out there for 12 days. There are more beggars in Soho than there are in Kabul. — Neil Morrissey Copy Share Image
In Kabul, hot running water had been like fathers, a rare commodity. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
When you walk down the street of Kabul your values for life changes, they do change. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
“An isolated person is doomed beyond remedy." Yasmina Khadra, Swallows of Kabul” — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country,… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
Kabul was very popular with the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. It was very quiet and peaceful. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If I could go to Kabul and not die, I would go back to Afghanistan as soon as I could. And, that… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Kabul fell prey to men who looked like they had tumbled out of their mothers with Kalashnikov in hand...” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I did stuff for three years in Kabul that I found exciting, and a lot of that was fixing roofs, talking about… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul. — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them. — Mick Cornett 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
I experienced Kabul with my brother the way Amir and Hassan do: long school days in the summer, kite fighting in the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Success will only happen with Afghans leading the charge, and it is far, far more important for Kabul to create and support… — Cameron Sinclair Copy Share Image
People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life savings to underworld types… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
The U.S. is telling the Northern Alliance to kill Taliban prisoners. It's totally a breach of all the known conventions of war.… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
“In the passenger seat, Nahil is all questions. Was Kabul safe? How was the food? Did he [Idris] get sick? Did he… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In early 1999, I was watching TV, when I came across a story on Afghanistan. It was a story about the Taliban… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
There was a time when the women of Afghanistan - at least in Kabul - were out there. They were allowed to… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Winter was every kid’s favorite season in Kabul, at least those whose fathers could afford to buy a good iron stove. The… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I loved wintertime in Kabul. I loved it for the soft pattering of snow against my window at night, for the way… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The Pashtuns feel discriminated against by the Americans because they supported the Taliban and the war is still going on in their… — Ahmed Rashid 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
“Furthermore, I refuse to wear a burqa. Of all the burdens they've put on us, that's the most degrading. The Shirt of… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
Kabul was a thriving cosmopolitan city with its vibrant artistic, intellectual and cultural life. There were poets, musicians, and writers. There was… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Pashtun nationalism is reasserting itself. Its political history spans several hundred years. The Pashtuns are angry at the Americans because, one, they're… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
I want my fellow citizens to wise up and stop falling for [war]. I try with my limited access, I'm not getting… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The problem is that so many of them are not getting told. This is a massive problem, not just in the Middle… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
![“I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner].” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cd2/khaled-hosseini-251_amir_i-believe-fabio-celoni-s-work-vividly-br_92189.jpg)
![“The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden from holding office in the future government. And finally, NATO agreed to expand the peacekeeping forces to troubled areas outside of Kabul.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4e3/khaled-hosseini-251_administration_the-george-w-bush-administration-tripled_2968888.png)
![“In the passenger seat, Nahil is all questions. Was Kabul safe? How was the food? Did he [Idris] get sick? Did he take pictures and videos of everything? He does his best. He describes for her the shell-blasted schools, the squatters living in roofless buildings, the beggars, the mud, the fickle…” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e07/khaled-hosseini-251_kabul_in-the-passenger-seat-nahil-is-all-quest_1379585.jpg)
![“I want my fellow citizens to wise up and stop falling for [war]. I try with my limited access, I'm not getting into Kabul with a camera, they're not letting me get into Benghazi with a camera. I do what I can with my flimsy American passport and a visa. The photos are a bit more heavy from…” quote by Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/21b/henry-rollins-170_access_i-want-my-fellow-citizens-to-wise-up-and_2038822.png)
