In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
If the thumbnail version of the Iraq war was that Bush lied about WMD, the thumbnail version of Obama's war in Afghanistan… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“In Afghanistan, not much is for certain other than an open sky and eventual death. In between the two is family.” — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a… — Michael Baumgartner Copy Share Image
Quite a few of the dogs that come back from Afghanistan or Iraq or police dogs that are involved in violent confrontations… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
I personally was involved in going over to Afghanistan to meet the troops. My father was a marine, so that was just… — Eva Marie Copy Share Image
I definitely pack coffee if I'm going someplace where it might not be available. When I went to Afghanistan in 2011, I… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We… — Ahmad Shah Massoud Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative… — Zhou Yongkang Copy Share Image
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
The closeness of the India-Afghanistan relationship is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since time immemorial. And as a close friend,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“The first Embassy to Afghanistan by a western power left the Company's Delhi Residency on 13 October 1808, with the Ambassador accompanied… — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
We have a strong military deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. In countries like Syria, we need a diplomatic breakthrough to end the… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
What is common among all of these groups [Taliban, Islamic State etc.] is the intent to destroy. The majority of terrorists who… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
“Like the Nazis, the cadres of jihad have a death wish that sets the seal on their nihilism. The goal of a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A child who had been introduced to misery in Saudi Arabia, a teenager who went to wage jihad against the Soviets in… — Terry Hayes Copy Share Image
If you look in the Muslim World right now, the Shia, the Sunni Muslims are standing at the brink of a pit… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
So the Bush-Obama administration has taken a fiscal stance diametrically opposed to that of the patron saint of free enterprise. While escalating… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I was happy to be in Afghanistan, doing these real-world operations and taking the fight to the terrorists that attacked us. — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
By releasing these five top Taliban commanders, the U.S. is demonstrating that it is throwing in the towel in the long struggle… — Jonathan S. Tobin Copy Share Image
We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
“Year after year, the senior command placed a lone rifle company inside the Korengal, with power hard enough to antagonize the villagers… — Bing West Copy Share Image
There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
“Why didn't I ask him for his number, address, e-mail — anything? Why? Because I'm in a sodding war zone, that's why.… — David Massey Copy Share Image
On one occasion I went to Afghanistan to look at the borders and learn something about the situation there to see if… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
“In Our Villages - You killed thousands by thousands, after each thousand, You are killing another one thousand.” — Abed Rahmani Copy Share Image
From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
I taught high school for one year in Deerfield Beach, Fla., and in the end, it was such an enjoyable experience breaking… — Allen West Copy Share Image
I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis. — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“Troops are everywhere in their modern, digital camouflage, designed to blend in anywhere at any time. Yet at night we wear bright… — Glenn Dean Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's geographical location gives it the opportunity to become one of the biggest transit routes in the region. It can connect Southern,… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was… — Mohammed Omar Copy Share Image
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