Gains achieved at great cost against our enemy in Afghanistan are reversible. — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
A lot of the traveling that I have done is for work. I've been to spots in Afghanistan and Iraq that are… — Margaret Brennan Copy Share Image
Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, I was talking to Afghan elders who were world-weary of a lack of sustained attention from their own government and… — Jo Cox Copy Share Image
Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan]. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It would be very hard to bring a wife to Afghanistan. In America, I'd have no problem with her doing whatever she… — Hyder Akbar Copy Share Image
Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. — Paul Wolfowitz Copy Share Image
'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it… — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
Let's take Pravda in the 1980s. I mean you could have read things in Pravda saying that it was a stupid error… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“When I come back from Afghanistan, I don’t want you here. I don’t …” He paused and took a deep breath. “I’ve… — Kate McCarthy Copy Share Image
What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
What happened to those men and women at Fort Hood had a horrible symbolism: Members of the best trained, best equipped fighting… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan you are not rebuilding, you are building. There is very limited infrastructure and extreme terrain, with deserts in the south… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
I think it was fully justified after 9/11 to initiate a military action against Afghanistan, because we hoped to create a democracy,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Australia is this former British colony at the foot of Asia. We've been involved - we've been in lockstep with America in… — Richard Glover Copy Share Image
“Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and… — Michael DeLong Copy Share Image
“According to at least one general staff officer, no one ever actually ordered the invasion of Afghanistan. Instead, between December 10 and… — Gregory Feifer Copy Share Image
“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If it is bin Laden, he's a very intelligent guy. He's been planning his war for a long time. I remember the… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
When was the last time the United States won a war? You know, it lost in Vietnam. It's lost in Afghanistan. It's… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If you look at Iraq and Afghanistan's situations, they are quickly becoming much like our reservations. They will have puppet governments funded… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“Only three nations have never let themselves be ruled by foreigners: China, Afghanistan, and Abyssinia.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to deal with the problem of al Qaeda, make sure that they can't have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and guarantee… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
French troops arrived in Afghanistan last week, and not a minute too soon. The French are acting as advisers to the Taliban,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
My last passport, I had North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, Guinea... I had, like, every war-torn country in there. — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I have spent 41 years in uniform, three long tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan, and everywhere I went on a battlefield,… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
I did see [in Afghanistan] plenty that reminded me of my childhood. I recognised my old neighbourhood, saw my old school, streets… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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