Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in… — Chris Alexander 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
The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I go there to Afghanistan or Pakistan, the question both asked - and if it's not asked, implied - is, 'Are… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's. — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the… — Gijs de Vries Copy Share Image
A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to… — Ben Nelson Copy Share Image
You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
My fight-or-flight mechanism... had served me well in Gaza, in Afghanistan, and all the places I'd been. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
There're some places that are more difficult or dangerous to navigate and I wouldn't look forward to going back. Like I'd much… — Henry Rollins 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
For us, the idea was not to get involved more than necessary in the fight against the Russians, which was the business… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
I was in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Bahrain. The first year I went pretty much by myself. Then I went with General [Richard]… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“Always Sami. I was tethered to her somehow. To that scared little girl I’d found on the staircase nearly a year earlier;… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
If we can spend over $3 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, surely we can find the money to meet… — Jan Schakowsky 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
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
The most dangerous thing I've ever encountered was a run-in with Boko Haram around 2007 in a small town in Nigeria. I… — Eliza Griswold 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
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
“Ahead in the distance we could see the main gate, but there was a sea of cars, none moving, people standing, milling… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Whenever I have visited Afghanistan, I have spoken in Pashto. It's like a second home to me. — Manoj Kumar Copy Share Image
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