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title: "144 Afghan Quotes by 88 authors"
description: "Browse 144 Afghan quotes by 88 authors. Discover the best Afghan sayings and thoughts."
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> [It's the Afghan national army that went into Najaf and did the work there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/it-s-the-afghan-national-army-that-went-into-najaf-and-did-the-work/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [“yet. Even here, in this open room with Afghan”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-hashimi/yet-even-here-in-this-open-room-with-afghan/)

[Nadia Hashimi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-hashimi/)

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> [Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-allen/protecting-afghan-civilians-is-the-cornerstone-of-our-mission/)

[John R. Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-allen/)

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> [There is no Afghan Awakening Movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/there-is-no-afghan-awakening-movement/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

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> [I was excited when the Afghan Whigs got back together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lanegan/i-was-excited-when-the-afghan-whigs-got-back-together/)

[Mark Lanegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lanegan/)

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> [We've been able to build up the Afghan security forces and stabilize it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-ve-been-able-to-build-up-the-afghan-security-forces-and-stabilize/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I have been exposed to the Afghan culture since childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mukul-dev/i-have-been-exposed-to-the-afghan-culture-since-childhood/)

[Mukul Dev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mukul-dev/)

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> [If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asne-seierstad/if-we-can-t-understand-the-afghan-family-we-can-t-understand/)

[Asne Seierstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asne-seierstad/)

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> [Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/foreign-aid-projects-have-pumped-billions-of-dollars-into-the-afghan/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

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> [The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyder-akbar/the-yearning-to-be-afghan-to-be-part-of-the-country-part-of-the-land/)

[Hyder Akbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyder-akbar/)

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> [While the Taliban connives with foreign terrorists, the Afghan people suffer from poverty, drought and hunger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-straw/while-the-taliban-connives-with-foreign-terrorists-the-afghan-people/)

[Jack Straw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-straw/)

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> [The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamid-karzai/the-majority-of-the-afghan-people-support-a-strategic-partnership/)

[Hamid Karzai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamid-karzai/)

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> [Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-suffering-has-been-equaled-by/)

[Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/)

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> [Carolyn Maloney has been a consistent fighter for Afghan women but also for International Family Planning Bills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-smeal/carolyn-maloney-has-been-a-consistent-fighter-for-afghan-women-but/)

[Eleanor Smeal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-smeal/)

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> [Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/afghan-society-is-very-complex-and-afghanistan-has-a-very-complex/)

[Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)

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> [The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-petraeus/the-fact-is-that-iran-doesn-t-want-to-see-the-taliban-come-back-any/)

[David Petraeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-petraeus/)

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> [As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-west/as-a-22-year-army-veteran-who-served-in-operations-desert-storm-and/)

[Allen West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-west/)

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> [The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/asne-seierstad/the-family-is-the-single-most-important-institution-in-afghan-culture-2/)

[Asne Seierstad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/asne-seierstad/)

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> [Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains terror down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lakoff/do-we-really-think-that-the-united-states-will-have-the-protection-of/)

[George Lakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lakoff/)

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> [If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/if-american-forces-leave-afghanistan-the-taliban-is-going-to-do-what/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/as-i-have-said-for-two-years-now-when-osama-bin-laden-and-al-qaeda/)

[John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/)

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> [Do not ever threaten an Afghan with violence. We will rise as one and we will face every threat the way we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashraf-ghani/do-not-ever-threaten-an-afghan-with-violence-we-will-rise-as-one-and/)

[Ashraf Ghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashraf-ghani/)

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> [The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-engel/the-dangers-of-an-afghan-collapse-are-many-afghan-deaths-a-loss-of/)

[Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-engel/)

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> [It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-ivanov/it-is-painful-to-talk-about-it-but-even-with-its-110-000-elite/)

[Sergei Ivanov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-ivanov/)

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> [Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-hamilton/deborah-rodriguez-went-to-afghanistan-to-transform-her-own-life-and/)

[Masha Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-hamilton/)

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> [In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/in-a-way-both-the-u-s-media-and-those-wacky-rioters-in-the-afghan/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [The Afghan - obviously the parties will decide which course of action. The most important there, get a government that is seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahm-emanuel/the-afghan-obviously-the-parties-will-decide-which-course-of-action/)

[Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahm-emanuel/)

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> [Well, the movie isn't bad. For a while, I even told myself I liked it, even as it missed one mark after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-edelstein/well-the-movie-isn-t-bad-for-a-while-i-even-told-myself-i-liked-it/)

[David Edelstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-edelstein/)

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> [ Obviously what I think Senator \[John\] Kerry was pointing to, which is absolutely correct, which is the essential part of the strategy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahm-emanuel/obviously-what-i-think-senator-john-kerry-was-pointing-to-which-is/)

[Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahm-emanuel/)

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> [As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/as-president-my-goal-in-afghanistan-will-be-to-complete-a-successful/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [I mean,you will have an Afghan government. There are two roads here. One is obviously a run-off election or a negotiated settlement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahm-emanuel/i-mean-you-will-have-an-afghan-government-there-are-two-roads-here/)

[Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahm-emanuel/)

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> [As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashraf-ghani/as-the-leader-of-a-country-you-are-not-free-to-enjoy-the-luxury-of/)

[Ashraf Ghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashraf-ghani/)

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> [“Afghan Girl Ice blue eyes that look to the morning sky as I knit the pieces and remnants of my life. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-stewart/afghan-girl-ice-blue-eyes-that-look-to-the-morning-sky-as-i-knit-the/)

[Edna Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-stewart/)

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> [The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-ferguson/the-afghan-government-is-as-corrupt-as-a-prostitute-with-a-law-degree/)

[Craig Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-ferguson/)

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> [Being from Delhi I have been exposed to Afghan culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mukul-dev/being-from-delhi-i-have-been-exposed-to-afghan-culture/)

[Mukul Dev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mukul-dev/)

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> [The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashraf-ghani/the-most-significant-thing-is-public-participation-that-assures-the/)

[Ashraf Ghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashraf-ghani/)

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> [It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashraf-ghani/it-s-fair-to-say-average-americans-think-that-the-average-afghan/)

[Ashraf Ghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashraf-ghani/)

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> [We think it is in our nation's interest that Afghan women - or any women around the world - not suffer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/we-think-it-is-in-our-nation-s-interest-that-afghan-women-or-any/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [Watching young Afghan skaters in the film 'Skateistan' made me realize why I've spent my entire life as a skateboarder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-peralta/watching-young-afghan-skaters-in-the-film-skateistan-made-me-realize/)

[Stacy Peralta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-peralta/)

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> [I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azita-ghanizada/i-didn-t-want-kabobs-afghan-music-and-rules-that-required-girls-to-be/)

[Azita Ghanizada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azita-ghanizada/)

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                        "text": "As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace, which requires persistence. We are determined to defend our country, and the whole region and the entire world understands the justice of our cause and the principled way in which we have engaged in it.",
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                        "text": "“Afghan Girl Ice blue eyes that look to the morning sky as I knit the pieces and remnants of my life. I have No books, no paper, no pencils, and no black boards. I look at the holes in my life as I see the hills of the Appalachians that echo. I think to myself, who will I marry? Is my life-like Pari? These strings please come together. Snowflakes give me hope, and my dreams dance all around me. I‘ll put another log on the fire. I watch the brown paper bag over the broken glass pane letting the cold wind in; I’ll take some of these remnants and stuff it. These strings are come together. Mama told me that life would be hard. I bartered for flour the other day, and the chickens ain’t laying no eggs. I struggle with life and these strings. My hands are worn and tired. Now, I have granny square hands. I am unclean, unblemished, and finished, Afghan girl.”",
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