The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera. — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
I mean, how many men would have gone on to the floor of the House as Carolyn Maloney did and wear a… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family. — Azita Ghanizada Copy Share Image
We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
“An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or,… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
From sitting down with West Timorese, to spending endless hours with the Afghan Taliban; to have sat with Al Qaeda after 9/11… — Michael Ware Copy Share Image
A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
“Since many donor countries required development projects—from agriculture to politics—to consider specifically how the lives of Afghan women were to be improved,… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“Finally a soldier marched in and, holding his right hand to his chest, said, " Salaam aleikum. Chetor hastid? Jan-e-shoma jur ast?… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union was brought down by a strange global coalition of Western European conservatives, Eastern European nationalists, Russian liberals, Chinese communists,… — David Frum 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
The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50… — Donald Rumsfeld 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
Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Afghan Girl Ice blue eyes that look to the morning sky as I knit the pieces and remnants of my life. I… — Edna Stewart Copy Share Image
It's the Afghan national army that went into Najaf and did the work there. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with. — Hyder Akbar Copy Share Image
Mecca and Medinah is a very special place in the hearts of every Muslim but particularly for every Afghan. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
“Lance: "Who are you?" the kid: "I am Amanullah" "I am Najeeb" "I am Masoud" "i am an Afghan” — Bilal Taibzada Copy Share Image