Afghanistan Quote by Bashar al-Assad

You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like…

— Jim Mattis

It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups…

— Anna Quindlen

The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and low-set ears,…

— Khaled Hosseini

There are reports on the news tonight that members of the Taliban feel persecuted and fear their own safety. So now they know what…

— Jay Leno

Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home;…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and cannot get…

— Lynsey Addario

living with a teenage daughter is like living with the Taliban a mum is not allowed to laugh, sing, dance or wear short skirts

— Kathy Lette

While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose,…

— Zainab Salbi

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and women made…

— Eleanor Smeal

Did you hear this? They say now Osama bin Laden and his buddy Mullah Omar have left Afghanistan dressed as women. They dressed up…

— David Letterman