Defeated Quote by Abu Bakar Bashir

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

— Robert M. Gates

It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the…

— Sergei Ivanov

Those who take to guns could do so due to deprivation, suppression, or historical legacy. The Afghans have lived through violence for centuries, by…

— Asghar Ali Engineer

The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry…

— Jon Stewart

“Considering most of the weapons and equipment used in Afghanistan were of Russian origin, Keegan suspected it was a Dragunov; a heavy sniper rifle…

— Will Jordan

If history is any guide, most Afghans would oppose an American invasion and fight the foreign occupiers, probably with substantial help from 'freedom fighters'…

— John Mearsheimer

The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

— Stephen Kinzer

Afghanistan is ideally suited for guerrilla warfare, as the Soviets discovered in the 1980s.

— John Mearsheimer

You know, terrorism in Afghanistan had everything to do with the support for the mujahidin by Saudi Arabia and by the CIA that sought…

— Jill Stein

Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them…

— Lloyd Cutler

“Within a few short, dramatic months Afghanistan had been catapulted into the centre of the intensified Cold War between the Soviet Union and the…

— Ahmed Rashid

“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.”

— M.M. Kaye