Afghanistan Quote by Ahmed Rashid

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It…

— Bulent Ecevit

In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure. The West does not understand how…

— Ahmed Rashid

Our failed population-centric approach to Afghanistan has only led to missed opportunities, which is why Afghanistan depends on donors for 90% of government revenues.…

— Erik Prince

The one thing you learn from looking at places like Afghanistan is that the power of business to do good is enormous.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

While we can impart many of the tools of a nation to the Afghan people - economic development, the institutions of a state, an…

— Jake Auchincloss

There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a one-track military…

— Ahmed Rashid

We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but…

— Oliver North

The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I become. It…

— Dervla Murphy

President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world,…

— David Petraeus

To me, what success looks like is not to believe that Afghanistan can become a unified, Western-style democracy with a developed-country economy just yet.…

— Pete Buttigieg

“Perhaps it is because no one requires more than a charming illusion of action in the developing world. If policy makers know little about…

— Rory Stewart

The problem right now, which I've been pointing out very bluntly to American officials in Washington, is that the U.S. has no economic presence…

— Ahmed Rashid