Afghanistan Quotes · Page 8

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

— Hamid Karzai

You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

— Lupe Fiasco

Sovereignty of Afghanistan must be accepted categorically by Pakistan so that we can move forward.

— Ashraf Ghani

“I am from Afghanistan. I do not want to be refugee in Turkey or Greece. I am alone. I am fifteen.”

— Nadia Hashimi

President Joe Biden's hasty, ill-planned withdrawal from Afghanistan fell well short.

— John E. James

I got married in 2009, and my husband and I both immediately deployed to Afghanistan.

— Amy McGrath

Most liberals I know were for invading Afghanistan right after 9/11.

— Michael Moore

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

— Asne Seierstad

The best way to get Americans to focus on what's happening in Afghanistan is by using the example of their own.

— Tim Hetherington

I have a pretty amazing life. Even back-to-back deployments - Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey - it's still pretty rewarding.

— Tim Kennedy

Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're…

— Joe Biden

Here's the latest from the Pentagon -- the generals are worried that the White House is spreading itself thin by trying to…

— Jay Leno

One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001…

— Michael Scheuer

If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops,…

— John O. Brennan

Afghanistan was not the 'Good War' - it's just that it wasn't quite as bad as Iraq. War with Iran would be…

— Jake Auchincloss

I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any…

— Ahmad

Obviously what I think Senator [John] Kerry was pointing to, which is absolutely correct, which is the essential part of the strategy…

— Rahm Emanuel

Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in…

— Miguel Syjuco

The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for…

— Richard Engel

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility…

— Jared Diamond

When you go and you tour Europe, or you go and you tour Egypt, or you go and you tour Iraq, or…

— Juan Enriquez

One only has to look at the debacle that has unfolded in Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end…

— Peter Bergen

With our mad lust for Uniformity and a Higher Standard of Living and Expanding Markets, we go to a country like Afghanistan…

— Dervla Murphy

There is Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan which will also be a very tricky issue in the coming years. Then there is a…

— Noam Chomsky

At some point, deliberation begins to look more like indecisiveness which then becomes a way of emboldening our enemies and allies and…

— Rahm Emanuel

“I needed to talk to my dad. My dad who had been to war, who had seen its horrors, who suffered from…

— Tucker Elliot

“In my life I’ve been very lucky to travel around the world and see students and teachers in nearly two dozen countries—but…

— Tucker Elliot

They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an…

— Immortal Technique

Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and…

— Robert M. Gates

The military sensed weakness, exploited it and played Barack Obama. Obama's foreign policy has been consistently hawkish despite this reluctant warrior schtick…

— Michael Hastings

One of their major initiatives was getting all officers on Facebook. So the question is, why are these people who are there…

— Michael Hastings

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

We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.

— Condoleezza Rice

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

— Craig Ferguson

We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.

— Tammy Duckworth

“Even your graffiti artists spray Rumi on the walls”

— Khaled Hosseini

Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.

— David Cameron

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

— Hillary Clinton

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

— Traian Basescu

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

— Barack Obama