Afghan Quote by Asne Seierstad Download Open image “If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.” — Asne Seierstad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Afghan Afghanistan Family
To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with. — Hyder Akbar Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, you don't understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody, an uncle… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
You are never alone in Afghanistan. You are always in the company of others, usually family. You don't understand yourself really as an individual,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Take two Afghans who've never met, put them in a room for ten minutes, and they'll figure out how they're related.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“If we want to understand the people in the foothills of Afghanistan, we may need to try and understand the people in the foothills… — James Rebanks Copy Share Image
Our [Afghanistan] main problem is education. Over 90 percent of our population is uneducated. So what can you expect? The terrorists come from Syria,… — Najibullah Quraishi Copy Share Image
There are still many, many uncertainties, challenges and difficulties in Afghanistan. But we have to enable the Afghans to manage those challenges themselves. We… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
I always try to describe the situation just as it is. I try to find sentences that I believe tell the story best. Even… — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Gerd called life 'existing minute by minute'. Every single minute felt like a battle. Time went on but life had stopped.” — Åsne Seierstad Copy Share Image
The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Os iraquianos sempre devoraram livros: são o nosso alimento e, além do amor, é a única coisa que necessitamos” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
Even in a war, someone has to take care of daily life. Someone has to feed and clothe the children. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“They played a game of dare - who could get closest to the flames?” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
As a woman, you accept the situation, adapt to it, and do your best, whereas men would choose violence. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
If you've lived in a dictatorship for thirty years, you're used to people lying to you. — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This book… — Masha Hamilton Copy Share Image
Mecca and Medinah is a very special place in the hearts of every Muslim but particularly for every Afghan. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and… — Henri Cole Copy Share Image
We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
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