Afghanistan Quote by Bob Ainsworth

My family left Afghanistan in 1976, well before the Communist coup and the Soviet invasion. We certainly thought we would be going back. But…

— Khaled Hosseini

Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of…

— Bob Ainsworth

We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched…

— Liam Fox

Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and the nature…

— Robert M. Gates

I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

— Barack Obama

Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is to keep…

— Martha McSally

We are now able to transition out of Afghanistan in a responsible way, making sure that Afghans take responsible for their own security.

— Barack Obama

We can't stay in Afghanistan forever.

— James F. Amos

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

— Hamid Karzai

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of…

— Greta Van Susteren

If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of development indicators,…

— Chris Alexander