Time Quote by Douglas Grindle

Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.

— Philip Hammond

“villages were regularly patrolled by the Taliban.”

— Eric Blehm

“locals, build things, try to organize them against the Taliban. The other is our military”

— Raymond Hunter Pyle

“Though analysts differ on the details, they agree that the centuries-old jostling between the Zirak Durranis and their rivals, the Panjpai Durranis and the…

— Douglas Grindle

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

— Hillary Clinton

The Taliban has a huge leadership problem at a critical political moment, another caliph has announced himself to the world, and the Taliban has…

— Graeme Smith

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an…

— Colin Powell

“But the average Kabuli was prepared to sacrifice some liberty for greater security and a measure of dignity. That's what the Taliban promised. It's…

— Marc Vachon

“There is nothing the Americans can do. Their presence here only fuels the fire of the Taliban hatred. It's as if everybody thinks that…

— Deborah Rodriguez

As an infantry platoon commander in Helmand Province, my mission was to patrol three villages subject to Taliban influence. In tandem with the Afghan…

— Jake Auchincloss

Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.

— Philip Hammond

The Taliban is resilient.

— Leon Panetta