Afghans Quotes
33 quotes by 23 authors
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans that will allow…
— Barack Obama
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The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language…
— Chris Hedges
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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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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This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight back killing American soldiers to…
— Bob Barker
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Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show'…
— Winston Churchill
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We have not ceased to insist that an Islam of tolerance is advantageous to all Muslims, for the Afghans and the whole world and we…
— Ahmad Shah Massoud
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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
— Alexander the Great
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There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
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May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.
— Alexander the Great
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A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges dead on their backs, and…
— Hilary Mantel
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Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan doesn't want to…
— Malina Suliman
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When windows shatter through a bomb, we will repair it next week because we are Afghans. That's the spirit.
— Ashraf Ghani
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It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated…
— Mohsin Hamid
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I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.
— Khaled Hosseini
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
— Salman Rushdie
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Hassan and I looked at each other. Cracked up. The Hindi kid would soon learn what the British learned earlier in the century, and what…
— Khaled Hosseini
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Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan,…
— Khaled Hosseini
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The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now well…
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Who Wrote These Afghans Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 33 Afghans Quotes as follows: