Best Afghanistan Thoughts
417 Afghanistan quotes by 268 unique authors
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[Today's left] would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, and Iraq…
— Christopher Hitchens
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People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy.
— David Chase
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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films…
— Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan?…
— Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.
— Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug trade and corruption.
— Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.
— Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that…
— David Petraeus
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The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is…
— David Petraeus
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When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some…
— Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs…
— Ted Rall
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years,…
— Ted Rall
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If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.
— Asne Seierstad
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General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United…
— Jim Talent
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Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those…
— Jim Talent
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Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument…
— Samuel West
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I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
— Greg Mortenson
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The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map,…
— Robert D. Kaplan
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Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they…
— John R. Allen
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And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with…
— John R. Allen
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Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global…
— Max Brooks
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You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.
— Ed Balls
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I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him…
— Laura Bush
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This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and…
— Marsha Blackburn
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Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
— Traian Basescu
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