Asia Quote by Dervla Murphy

God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.

— Alexander the Great

Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and low-set ears,…

— Khaled Hosseini

The Afghans I met were some of the nicest and most honorable people I've ever encountered. There is a code called 'Pashtunwali,' so if…

— Brad Thor

In the Afghan people, I found the most resilient, welcoming people who, for the first time in my career, never judged me over my…

— Pietra Brettkelly

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

— Salman Rushdie

For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that Afghans had…

— Khaled Hosseini

I have been exposed to the Afghan culture since childhood.

— Mukul Dev

Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home;…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

Pakistani men are great-looking. Now I know where all the good looking men in the sub-continent are hiding!

— Urmila Matondkar

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children,…

— Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so close among…

— Bill Murray