Afghan Quotes
80 quotes by 54 authors
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I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred…
— Hillary Clinton
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As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong…
— John F. Kerry
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As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. I will evaluate…
— Mitt Romney
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Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to…
— Condoleezza Rice
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Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This book made…
— Masha Hamilton
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The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected a deliberate trade-off…
— Seumas Milne
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They [U.S. soldiers] are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan.
— Sarah Palin
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In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly parochial and monumentally self-absorbed tribes…
— Mark Steyn
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The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar of society.
— Asne Seierstad
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Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains terror down on the Afghan…
— George Lakoff
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be…
— Hamid Karzai
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As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
— Hamid Karzai
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But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the…
— Hamid Karzai
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If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
— Hamid Karzai
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
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Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and other…
— Henri Cole
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The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of British Special Forces,…
— Michael Hastings
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The voice, Afghan matchmakers say, is more than half of love.
— Gregory David Roberts
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He was an Afghan Hound name Kabul. Since him I have had other Afghan Hounds.... Perhaps I am looking for his ghost. He is the…
— Pablo Picasso
Who Wrote These Afghan Quotes
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