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> [Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years. All that has really happened is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/some-pakistanis-fought-for-the-taliban-pakistani-extremist-groups/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

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> [If Afghan soldiers continue to kill American soldiers as is happening these days, it can hardly be assumed that they will stay in Afghanistan in the long term. And what role are they to play? There will not be enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/if-afghan-soldiers-continue-to-kill-american-soldiers-as-is-happening/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

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## More by Ahmed Rashid

> [You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/you-have-a-lot-of-suspicion-from-the-neighbors-of-afghanistan-about-u/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [America does not hold to the colonial tradition. America came, liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban and al-Qaida, came to an arrangement with Hamid Karzai,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/america-does-not-hold-to-the-colonial-tradition-america-came/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/the-idea-of-a-permanent-u-s-military-presence-in-afghanistan-as/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the image in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/afghanistan-is-not-only-the-mirror-of-the-afghans-it-is-the-mirror-of/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [Pashtun nationalism is reasserting itself. Its political history spans several hundred years. The Pashtuns are angry at the Americans because, one, they're still being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/pashtun-nationalism-is-reasserting-itself-its-political-history-spans/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [There is no way the Americans are going to be able to carry out a full scale war against Iraq and at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/there-is-no-way-the-americans-are-going-to-be-able-to-carry-out-a/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [Our Pakistan elites are spoiled by permanent foreign aid and therefore find it difficult to change course. Pakistan needs someone who stands up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/our-pakistan-elites-are-spoiled-by-permanent-foreign-aid-and/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [“Within a few short, dramatic months Afghanistan had been catapulted into the centre of the intensified Cold War between the Soviet Union and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/within-a-few-short-dramatic-months-afghanistan-had-been-catapulted/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky investments. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/i-am-confident-that-there-are-hedge-funds-banks-or-investment/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [The Pashtuns feel discriminated against by the Americans because they supported the Taliban and the war is still going on in their region with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/the-pashtuns-feel-discriminated-against-by-the-americans-because-they/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general uprising against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/i-think-within-a-year-or-so-perhaps-if-9-11-had-not-happened-in/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [We should remember that the Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Of course, many of them did support the Taliban. But you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/we-should-remember-that-the-pashtuns-are-the-largest-ethnic-group-in/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [What everyone underestimated was the acute unpopularity of the Taliban, even in the Pashtun areas. People like myself were saying the Taliban would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/what-everyone-underestimated-was-the-acute-unpopularity-of-the/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [The Soviets held to the tradition of colonialism. They raped the country and killed many people. But they also built dams, electrical power plants,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/the-soviets-held-to-the-tradition-of-colonialism-they-raped-the/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

> [ I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely \[about Mullah Omar\]. The most common answer was he is humble.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-rashid/i-met-a-lot-of-the-senior-taliban-and-i-asked-them-precisely-about/)

[Ahmed Rashid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-rashid/)

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