Government Quote by Erik Prince

There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a one-track military…

— Ahmed Rashid

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It…

— Bulent Ecevit

The rapid proliferation of cell phones in Afghanistan proves that anything that adds value to people's lives spreads like brushfire - and commerce is…

— Iqbal Quadir

To me, what success looks like is not to believe that Afghanistan can become a unified, Western-style democracy with a developed-country economy just yet.…

— Pete Buttigieg

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

— Barack Obama

“The path to a sustained victory in Afghanistan lies in improving their economy, creating jobs for the Afghanis, strengthening their government and national services,…

— Michael DeLong

We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other…

— David Petraeus

“Perhaps it is because no one requires more than a charming illusion of action in the developing world. If policy makers know little about…

— Rory Stewart

Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability. But all…

— Ahmed Rashid

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

Afghanistan is moving to really becoming an export-oriented country.

— Ashraf Ghani