One is the goals of 9/11 itself, of that attack was to draw the United States into Afghanistan to fight a counterinsurgency… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what's called female engagement teams, going into villages,… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More Americans die in gun homicides and suicides in six months than have died in the last 25 years in every terrorist… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
“So, Slade, the swearing, the poor english and everything else is just a facade. You're really quite a deep and intelligent man,… — Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence Copy Share Image
If Afghanistan slides back into chaos and civil war it will drag Pakistan down with it, with five times the population and… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is not well read and he's not sophisticated, but he will have worked out very coldly what America would… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work.… — Christopher Hitchens 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
There are very interesting books about these events, for instance one by a very well-known American historian named William R. Polk called… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My favorite is when you go to Afghanistan and you meet the special forces guys, and they look like these heavily armed… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually… — Barack Obama 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
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
Iraq is fragile and may fall back into a devastating setting. We're not making the kind of progress in Afghanistan that had… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“As to the 'Left' I'll say briefly why this was the finish for me. Here is American society, attacked under open skies… — Christopher Hitchens 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
David Petraeus, the best known American general of his generation. After commanding the American war effort in both Iraq and Afghanistan, he… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
Today, the government of a free Afghanistan is fighting terror, Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders, Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Ben Lewis. He's in Afghanistan." "He is?" I blinked. "In the army ?" "Well, he's not there on his honeymoon.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory. — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
I have worked in 60 countries, covered wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and spent much of 2014 living inside West Africa's Ebola… — Daniel Berehulak Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, the more you protect your force, the less secure you may be. Sometimes, the more force is used, the less effective… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
Whether or not Afghanistan would be a peaceful nation-state had we not gone into Iraq I doubt. Afghanistan is going to be… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no… — Queen Rania of Jordan Copy Share Image
A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
British intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan swelled the grievances home-grown fanatics fed off, while al Qaeda morphed and re-grouped in lawless sanctuaries… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
The television anchorman Dan Rather turns up in rag-top native drag in Afghanistan, the surrogate of our culture with his camera crew,… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
The people of Afghanistan will continue to remember his lasting friendship with the people of Afghanistan as well as his unstinting support… — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops and their families before, during, and after… — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
The budgetary cost to the UK of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through 2010 will total more than £18 billion. If… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Most people are not affected by [the death penalty]. It's like how many people are actually sent to Iraq and Afghanistan? Such… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
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