Military technologies such as Drones, SWAT vehicles and machine-gun-equipped armored trucks once used exclusively in high-intensity war zones such as Iraq and… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
If American forces leave Afghanistan, the Taliban is going to do what to America? Don't say you're worried about what they will… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
It is in line with the fundamental interests of the two peoples for China and Afghanistan to strengthen a strategic and cooperative… — Zhou Yongkang Copy Share Image
The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We… — Ahmad Shah Massoud Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
The closeness of the India-Afghanistan relationship is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since time immemorial. And as a close friend,… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and working internationally to… — Ed Royce Copy Share Image
Whether it's a kid in high school who doesn't have any friends and finds friends in my characters, or a guy in… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
The war in Afghanistan, the first war of the twenty-first century, shows the United States doing what it wants to do, not… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
No one seriously disputes that today a woman in Afghanistan is less likely to die giving birth to a child, that the… — Graeme Smith Copy Share Image
Mattis has been sharply critical of President Barack Obama's policies on Iran and Obama's capping of troop numbers and campaign end-dates in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“It’d be easy to blame everything on 9/11 or the wars that came after. It’s really about the choices we made. By… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“I have this thought, it’s horrible, and it makes me sick, but it’s true: one day these students will grow up and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result… — Martin Van Creveld Copy Share Image
I was shooting in Afghanistan in 2001, post 9/11. America was shelling the country and all the normal ways to enter the… — Kabir Khan Copy Share Image
What we can do is make sure that Afghanistan is not a safe haven for Al Qaeda. What we can do it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I definitely pack coffee if I'm going someplace where it might not be available. When I went to Afghanistan in 2011, I… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Ironically, many of these people, including Osama bin Laden and the mujahedeen, were, in fact, nourished by the United States in the… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
There are still many, many uncertainties, challenges and difficulties in Afghanistan. But we have to enable the Afghans to manage those challenges… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
Gary Berntsen, head of the CIA in Afghanistan there, he was a field commander. And he has a book out called "Jawbreaker."… — Alan Colmes Copy Share Image
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
The events in Crimea themselves have nothing to do with what happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other regions. In my opinion,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
As a Green Beret who served in combat while deployed in Afghanistan, I know what it's like to command a unit comprised… — Michael Waltz 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
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Despite 18 years as a non-partisan public servant, my deeper "tribal" affinity has always been Tory. The Afghanistan file has given me… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
We will not allow anyone to perform any terrorist acts inside or from Afghanistan against anyone. We are a free country where… — Mohammad Rabbani Copy Share Image
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