Death Quote by Jenny Nordberg

“Afghanistan—where empires go to die. ”

— Mike Malloy

“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“As a hypothetical illustration, let us assume a conflict involving us in Afghanistan.”

— J.C. Wylie

“It is time we accept there’s no Cronkite moment for Afghanistan. Perhaps it's time we value the hearts and minds of our own over…

— Tiffany Madison

“Kabul was fairly peaceful now and Grandpa seemed to have started wasting away since the bombing stopped. For the past twenty-three years the excitement…

— Petra Procházková

“Take two Afghans who've never met, put them in a room for ten minutes, and they'll figure out how they're related.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.”

— M.M. Kaye

“Afghanistan is a land of widows and widowers, orphans and the missings. Missing a right leg, a left hand, a child,or a mother. Everyone…

— Nadia Hashimi

“Sometimes I think that we should send all of the Killer Mediums to Afghanistan because al-Qaeda wouldn’t stand a chance.”

— Paul Rudnick

“yet. Even here, in this open room with Afghan”

— Nadia Hashimi

“I feel no emotional connection to these outwardly human gestures. I am not there, because I never left Afghanistan.”

— Jake Wood

“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