Afghanistan Quotes · Page 6

Hasn't the U.S. Army gone in and uprooted the training camps situated in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan? If the…

— Simi Garewal

The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border of Afghanistan, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter: We now have the opportunity…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and…

— Tony Blair

I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It…

— Greg Mortenson

Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and…

— Eleanor Smeal

An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd…

— Tina Fey

An information operations team was sent to Afghanistan to conduct various psychological operations on the Afghans and Taliban. The team was then…

— Michael Hastings

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

America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do…

— Christopher Bond

I left things out - my motivations, my history, my emotional responses - because I am not good at understanding them or…

— Rory Stewart

“Teaching isn’t rocket science. It’s about being engaged, listening, paying attention. Despite conventional wisdom, you don’t need to talk a lot to…

— Tucker Elliot

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

— Paul Cellucci

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students…

— Khaled Hosseini

“I'm done doing this!' Obama said, finally erupting. 'We've all agreed on a plan. And we're all going to stick to that…

— Bob Woodward

But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the…

— Yaroslav Trofimov

The whole importance of Iraq is that we have now created two things. One, Iraq is in the Arab heartland in terms…

— Michael Scheuer

As far as Afghanistan is concerned, I'm not sure whether the United States and Pakistan have the same objectives. Pakistan would like…

— Manmohan Singh

We think that Hillary [Clinton] will be a symbol and a reality for the women of the world, and it's very important…

— Eleanor Smeal

“When in doubt - make'em laugh.”

— Raymond Jones

[ General James Mattis] is a Marine's Marine who has served in combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

— Peter R. Mansoor

John Walker Lindh, a twenty-year-old American studying in Pakistan, was captured in Northern Afghanistan fighting for the Taliban. Experts call it the…

— Jimmy Fallon

There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide…

— Condoleezza Rice

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare…

— Bob Graham

Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.

— Johnny Carson

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