Culture Quote by Ashraf Ghani

The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited…

— Hamid Karzai

Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other…

— David Petraeus

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal -…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

Geographically, Afghanistan is a good place for the terrorists, because it's surrounded by mountains, and there are lots of villages inside mountains, so it's…

— Najibullah Quraishi

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

— Helen Clark

Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.

— Stephen Kinzer

Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always largely been…

— Khaled Hosseini

Afghanistan fortunately is one of the richest countries in terms of water, mineral resources, location and human capital.

— Ashraf Ghani

Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so close among…

— Bill Murray

Afghanistan's geographical location gives it the opportunity to become one of the biggest transit routes in the region. It can connect Southern, Eastern and…

— Ashraf Ghani

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