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title: "3 Thinking Afghanistan Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsen-makhmalbaf/the-buddhas-had-to-be-destroyed-by-the-taliban-to-get-the-world/)

[Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsen-makhmalbaf/)

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> [Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-r-mcmaster/consequences-of-linear-thinking-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-included/)

[H. R. McMaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-r-mcmaster/)

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> [I was thinking about Afghanistan's future, Afghanistan's next generation, what we have next. These children who learn how to kill people, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/najibullah-quraishi/i-was-thinking-about-afghanistan-s-future-afghanistan-s-next/)

[Najibullah Quraishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/najibullah-quraishi/)

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