Able Quote by Ahmed Rashid

You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the…

— Ahmed Rashid

America does not hold to the colonial tradition. America came, liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban and al-Qaida, came to an arrangement with Hamid Karzai,…

— Ahmed Rashid

The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of…

— Ahmed Rashid

“Afghanistan is not only the mirror of the Afghans: it is the mirror of the world. 'If you do not like the image in…

— Ahmed Rashid

Pashtun nationalism is reasserting itself. Its political history spans several hundred years. The Pashtuns are angry at the Americans because, one, they're still being…

— Ahmed Rashid

Our Pakistan elites are spoiled by permanent foreign aid and therefore find it difficult to change course. Pakistan needs someone who stands up and…

— Ahmed Rashid

“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

I am confident that there are hedge funds, banks or investment companies that could allocate five percent of their portfolios for risky investments. In…

— Ahmed Rashid

The Pashtuns feel discriminated against by the Americans because they supported the Taliban and the war is still going on in their region with…

— Ahmed Rashid

I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general uprising against…

— Ahmed Rashid

We should remember that the Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Of course, many of them did support the Taliban. But you…

— Ahmed Rashid

What everyone underestimated was the acute unpopularity of the Taliban, even in the Pashtun areas. People like myself were saying the Taliban would be…

— Ahmed Rashid