An intelligence that is not humane is the most dangerous thing in the world . — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born, — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
American Taliban John Walker Lindh has pleaded guilty to two counts of terrorism and will face twenty years in prison. I guess… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
There are reports on the news tonight that members of the Taliban feel persecuted and fear their own safety. So now they… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I think the morale of Taliban fighters has been affected adversely as a result of the lack of success. — Joseph Dunford Copy Share Image
Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country,… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
What NATO troops are doing in Afghanistan is to train, assist and advise Afghans, but they are actually doing the fighting. They… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
Last night the Taliban offered to release eight Westerners if the U.S. promised not to attack. The State Department declined but thanked… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida… — Leon Panetta Copy Share Image
The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
There was expectations that the fights there, the operation there might be extended for several months, even for several years. But within… — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
“Religion is the most powerful entity on earth. A phenomenon that has conscripted millions to give or sacrifice their lives without so… — Cal Sarwar Copy Share Image
“Though analysts differ on the details, they agree that the centuries-old jostling between the Zirak Durranis and their rivals, the Panjpai Durranis… — Douglas Grindle Copy Share Image
I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Since the Bush-Cheney Administration took office in January 2001, controlling the major oil and natural gas fields of the world had been… — F. William Engdahl Copy Share Image
It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
“I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
To call someone 'anti-American', indeed, to be anti-American, (or for that matter anti-Indian, or anti-Timbuktuan) is not just racist, it's a failure… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Many of the points made by the antiwar movement have been consciously assimilated by the Pentagon and its lawyers and advisers. Precision… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
All civilian politicians in Pakistan are puppets of the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), military, and the Taliban. — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past. — Sushmita Banerjee Copy Share Image
Announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. The Taliban may not have watches, but they do have calendars. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where… — John Abizaid 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
If we're so cruel to minorities, why do they keep coming here? Why aren't they sneaking across the Mexican border to make… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“The best weapon the Afghan people have against the Taliban or any other terrible power that may choose to put itself in… — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without… — Sonita Alizadeh Copy Share Image
Peace cannot come without the government of Afghanistan speaking directly to the Taliban or the Taliban talking directly to us. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be… — Douglas Wilder Copy Share Image
I've come to the conclusion that, aside from Nazis, the Taliban, and possibly the honey badger, there is no one on the… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“only a couple of miles east of the Helmand River, where villages were regularly patrolled by the Taliban.” — Eric Blehm Copy Share Image