Afghan Quote by John Major

It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the…

— Sergei Ivanov

'In the nineteenth century, we beat the British more than once,' Afghans often told me. 'In the twentieth century, we beat the Russians. In…

— William T. Vollmann

US forces have been increased [in Afghanistan ] from some 21,000 to about 31,000 over the past two years and a number of coalition…

— David Petraeus

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

— Clint Eastwood

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

— Robert M. Gates

During the 19th century, Britain fought two wars in unsuccessful attempts to subjugate the Afghans. When Britain finally drew a border between India and…

— Stephen Kinzer

The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

— Stephen Kinzer

Never did anyone ever stay longer than ten years because the resistance grows fiercer as your presence grows longer [in Afghanistan]. I don't think…

— Gwynne Dyer

Afghanistan would have been difficult enough without Iraq. Iraq made it impossible. The argument that had we just focused on Afghanistan we'd now be…

— Michael Hastings

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

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections…

— Eliza Griswold

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

— Barack Obama