Afghan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

We think it is in our nation's interest that Afghan women - or any women around the world - not suffer.

— George W. Bush

I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a…

— Hillary Clinton

I came from an educated, upper middle-class family. My mother was a Persian and history teacher at a large high school for girls. Many…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Women in my country take their rights for granted and completely dissociate themselves from the women's rights movement and feminism. But I think anything's…

— Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie

Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride…

— Khaled Hosseini

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

— Khaled Hosseini

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

— Salman Rushdie

“My country is still in chains of bloody and terrorist fundamentalists. The situation in Afghanistan and conditions of its ill-fated women will never change…

— Malalai Joya

In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are being treated…

— Tina Brown

Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for…

— Al Franken

As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.

— Hamid Karzai

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