1920s Quote by Bulent Ecevit

I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the…

— Bulent Ecevit

For us, the idea was not to get involved more than necessary in the fight against the Russians, which was the business of the…

— Osama bin Laden

“Our questioning—again echoing Ghazali—of the likely impact of development efforts (“prosperity,” in his formula) also flew in the face of received wisdom. For years,…

— Sarah Chayes

“The best thing we could have done for Afghanistan was to get out of our Humvees and drink more green chai. We should have…

— Craig M. Mullaney

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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

— Barack Obama

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now.…

— Rahm Emanuel

I think that the first point to be made is there is no "solution" in Afghanistan. Solution I put in quotes. We live in…

— Mark Danner

There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On most of…

— John R. Allen

“He knows that had he been a young man himself he would not have stopped at Peshawar: he doesn’t know how he would have…

— Nadeem Aslam

There is no doubt that the people of Afghanistan have suffered for a long time. Generations have been lost to terrorism. We empathise with…

— Ram Nath Kovind

President Obama had voiced strong support for the effort in Afghanistan during his campaign, pledging to add two brigades, which he did. But since…

— Stanley A. McChrystal