People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We know definitively that Al-Qaida isn't all over Afghanistan anymore. According to CIA estimates, there are less than a hundred Al-Qaida members… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We took out the safe haven in Afghanistan, but now there is, undoubtedly, a larger safe haven and we must rise to… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
“My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will… — Malalai Joya Copy Share Image
[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East,… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Barack Obama commits war crimes - Somalia, Yemen. He commits war crimes in Pakistan, Afghanistan. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to keep… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
If Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us anything in recent history, it is the unpredictability of war and that these things are… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan,… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“I have the impression that our children are much more excited about going to school than children in other countries are. They… — Cheryl Benard quoting Shahla Asad Copy Share Image
Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability.… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed due to highly invasive and unwarranted… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is… — Stephen Daldry Copy Share Image
[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I remind you again we had those elections [in Afghanistan and Iraq] because we had boots on the ground and we had… — Peter Schoomaker Copy Share Image
Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“It was too late to pray, though. The sky was clear. The helicopters were gone. Too late for so many things. My… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to… — Jesse Jackson 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
What's always got me is the fact that when people talked on the telly about Iraq, before Afghanistan kicked off, you'd get… — Ross Kemp Copy Share Image
It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Since Bin Laden's death, many Americans have decided that our job in Afghanistan is done. They see a victory in the counterterrorism… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The ongoing war in Afghanistan is being imposed on us, and Afghans are being sacrificed in it for someone else's interests. We… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country.… — Hamid Karzai 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
Iraq at one time was actually a functioning government. It's a real state. Afghanistan is not Iraq. It's tribal. It's got a… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
![“[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0cd/christopher-hitchens-117_afghanistan_i-f-you-think-that-american-imperialism_2814778.jpg)
![“An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then asked not to focus on the Taliban but on manipulating senators into giving more funds and troops [to the war].” quote by Michael Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44d/michael-hastings-6810_afghanistan_an-information-operations-team-was-sent_395510.jpg)
![“[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of West Point graduates and knew that some of those might not come back because of that decision.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d06/barack-obama-17_afghanistan_when-i-ordered-30-000-more-troops-into-a_3089725.jpg)
![“I remind you again we had those elections [in Afghanistan and Iraq] because we had boots on the ground and we had people that could help people, and we had people on the ground that could get into somebody's face when they had to, and do whatever was required.” quote by Peter Schoomaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf8/peter-schoomaker-83598_afghanistan_i-remind-you-again-we-had-those-election_710157.jpg)
![“The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be forbidden from holding office in the future government. And finally, NATO agreed to expand the peacekeeping forces to troubled areas outside of Kabul.” quote by Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e3/khaled-hosseini-251_administration_the-george-w-bush-administration-tripled_2968888.jpg)
