Afghan Quote by Bruce Sterling

You have these crops of poppies that supply something like 90% of the heroin sold in Europe and actually represents more than half of…

— Khaled Hosseini

“The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and national services,…

— Michael DeLong

Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts: we supply the essential raw material for the market.

— Anonymous

“At the time, we were told that this was also the area from which up to ninety-eight percent of the opium, and eventually heroin,…

— Nicholas Irving

The future is Afghanistan.

— Ashraf Ghani

Poorly secured nuclear material in the former Soviet Union, or secrets from a scientist in Pakistan could help build a bomb that detonates in…

— Barack Obama

The rapid proliferation of cell phones in Afghanistan proves that anything that adds value to people's lives spreads like brushfire - and commerce is…

— Iqbal Quadir

The Taliban is the worst...great heroin though.

— Creed Bratton

Now the Taliban will pay a price.

— George W. Bush

Where's the progress that we're going to see in Afghanistan? You have to keep public support both on the economy and the war or…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I hear heroin is a very popular drug these days.

— David Lynch

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections…

— Eliza Griswold