Active Quote by Khaled Hosseini

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 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

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

— George W. Bush

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

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

— Khaled Hosseini

In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…

— Arundhati Roy

The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

“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

The key to breaking the Taliban taboo against women and the cultural brainwashing that the Taliban imposed upon many Afghans is to get women…

— Ahmed Rashid

“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

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