Crime Quote by Khaled Hosseini

President Karzai's regime is not perfect. There are problems of improving governance. But you cannot transform Afghanistan overnight. It is going to be a…

— Manmohan Singh

I returned to Kabul after a 27-year absence. I came away with some optimism but not as much as I had hoped for. The…

— Khaled Hosseini

The warlords took part in atrocities during the civil war in Afghanistan. They looted, they raped, they killed. They have become incredibly empowered and…

— Khaled Hosseini

No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda…

— Christopher Hitchens

The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.

— Khaled Hosseini

“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

The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I become. It…

— Dervla Murphy

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

“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

There's an enormous amount of corruption, and as one American adviser put it to me, "The police in Afghanistan are thugs. We equip them,…

— Jeff Merkley

Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that…

— Ted Rall

There is no doubt that the people of Afghanistan have suffered for a long time. Generations have been lost to terrorism. We empathise with…

— Ram Nath Kovind