Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a…

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think…

— John Abizaid

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

— Craig Ferguson

I mean,you will have an Afghan government. There are two roads here. One is obviously a run-off election or a negotiated settlement. But what's…

— Rahm Emanuel

We obviously don't want to cause problems for the Afghan government, President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people. In fact, we want them to…

— David Petraeus

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

— Stephen Harper

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the…

— Colin Powell

As the Obama administration negotiates with the Karzai government and with Pakistan, we may be tempted to make commitments that, in the name of…

— Eric Greitens

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

— Asne Seierstad

As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. I will…

— Mitt Romney

And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement…

— John R. Allen

The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with…

— Hillary Clinton

Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This book…

— Masha Hamilton

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride…

— Khaled Hosseini

Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense.

— Stephen Kinzer

In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…

— Arundhati Roy