Afghan Quote by Condoleezza Rice

Afghanistan remains an opportunity to deal al Qaeda a vital strategic blow, especially since we have abandoned all operations - including counterterrorism operations -…

— Jack Keane

Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and working internationally to cut off…

— Ed Royce

Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort…

— Jack Keane

We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming…

— John R. Allen

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the…

— Sebastian Junger

We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming…

— John R. Allen

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

— Barack Obama

Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them…

— Max Cleland

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched…

— Liam Fox

Today, the government of a free Afghanistan is fighting terror, Pakistan is capturing terrorist leaders, Saudi Arabia is making raids and arrests, Libya is…

— George W. Bush