Afghanistan Quote by Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie

In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…

— Arundhati Roy

Women in Afghanistan do not ask the United States to stay for the simple or sentimental reason of safeguarding their rights. They are the…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

“My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will never change…

— Malalai Joya

“The invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were both justified by an appeal to the emancipation of women, and the discourse of feminism was specifically…

— Nina Power

“I believe that feminism has become a political movement that seeks to obtain unlimited rights for woman without corresponding responsibilities via the suppression of…

— Mike Adams

We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the face of…

— Condoleezza Rice

We think it is in our nation's interest that Afghan women - or any women around the world - not suffer.

— George W. Bush

“the gains of women in Afghanistan once again directly contributed to war, as their fate was mixed into the powder keg of tension between…

— Jenny Nordberg

In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are being treated…

— Tina Brown

The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten.

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

— Khaled Hosseini

“Since many donor countries required development projects—from agriculture to politics—to consider specifically how the lives of Afghan women were to be improved, Kabul had…

— Jenny Nordberg