Afghanistan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

The failings in Afghanistan don't fall on the shoulders of the American service personnel trying to complete their mission. The failure falls on military…

— Erik Prince

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

— Barack Obama

We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there…

— Barbara Boxer

When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many Afghans, some…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

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

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched…

— Liam Fox

We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

— John R. Allen

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

— John R. Allen

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

— Leon Panetta

“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

We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

And there’s been drift in Afghanistan over the last couple of years. That’s something that we intend to fix this.

— Barack Obama