As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, what success looks like is not to believe that Afghanistan can become a unified, Western-style democracy with a developed-country economy… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
You know, I agree with President Obama that in Iraq and Afghanistan, at some point in time, we have to take the… — Josh Mandel Copy Share Image
In 1979, when I was toddler, the Russians invaded Afghanistan, and my whole family fled to Vienna, Virginia. Far from home, my… — Azita Ghanizada Copy Share Image
But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic… — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing… — Bill Nelson Copy Share Image
As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is… — Liam Fox Copy Share Image
From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think it is a very important step in the right direction that the Afghans have taken over responsibility for the security… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
And the narrative for the Taliban that they can wait us out is a flawed narrative. I think that the unambiguous international… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Soviet foreign ministers would come in to see the president all the time, routinely. Jimmy Carter stopped that after the invasion of… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Keeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to describe being an expatriate of sorts to people who’ve never lived overseas, but when you’re an American living in… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
think that the external situation has also changed somewhat. The reduction of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has, in a sense,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
More than a decade and half after 9/11, U.S. military actions in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and several other… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Everyone in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a potential target. My heart goes out to the UN family in Afghanistan: in spite of… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Most Pakistani politics is conducted within a narrow spectrum. Politicians spend much time debating the best ways to fight India, or take… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt,… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
Well, first, the situation in Afghanistan is much better than it was. But there is no comparison between Afghanistan and Iraq. Iraq… — Peter T. King Copy Share Image
The strategy for peace-building in Afghanistan is economic aid, reconstruction, international security forces. On those lines, the U.S. has been extremely slow.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
You are never alone in Afghanistan. You are always in the company of others, usually family. You don't understand yourself really as… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The U.S. must continue to carefully withdraw troops from Afghanistan at a pace based on assessment of the ground conditions so we… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
In December of 2002, the late Richard Corliss, a respected movie critic with a long and illustrious career, wrote an embarrassing letter… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I felt exactly like the man in the advertisement who has not devoted fifteen minutes a day to the study of the… — Burton Rascoe Copy Share Image
In those years,'80 was the, at the turn of '79/'80 you had the invasion of Afghanistan. It was the period in which… — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
Geographically, Afghanistan is a good place for the terrorists, because it's surrounded by mountains, and there are lots of villages inside mountains,… — Najibullah Quraishi Copy Share Image
According to a recent Harvard study, $6 trillion, when you include the ongoing healthcare expenses for our wounded soldiers, which is the… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all...It is hard… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
First of all, we occupied Afghanistan and Iraq and I'm not even talking about the past occupation of them, I'm just talking… — Oren Moverman Copy Share Image
People feel repressed by their own governments; they feel unfairly treated by the outside world; they wake up in the morning, and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
When I came to Afghanistan, I couldn't choose the training camp; al Qaeda and the Arabs ran the camps. I said, 'Hey,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
