Afghanistan Quote by 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

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

— Salman Rushdie

The Pashtuns in particular are kind of trapped. They've never accepted the Durand Line nor has any Afghan government historically accepted it.

— Noam Chomsky

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

As recently as the 1970s, some Pashtun leaders in Afghanistan were pushing to create a new state, Pashtunistan, by joining with Pashtuns in Pakistan.

— Stephen Kinzer

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

— Hillary Clinton

We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

— John R. Allen

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

— John R. Allen

To give you an idea how slowly we are leaving Afghanistan, Afghans don't refer to us anymore as 'infidel crusaders.' They refer to us…

— Bill Maher

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

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

— Leon Panetta

The behavior of the Taliban as well as their extremist attitudes do not correspond in any way with a tolerant Islam. We have always…

— Ahmad Shah Massoud