Afghanistan Quote by Lakhdar Brahimi

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

— John R. Allen

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny…

— Carl Levin

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 world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up…

— Isabel Allende

I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us…

— Richard Holbrooke

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

I think within a year or so, perhaps, if 9/11 had not happened, in Afghanistan would have been a very broad-based general uprising against…

— Ahmed Rashid

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble.

— Nadeem Aslam

Without U.S. troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos.

— Max Boot

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the…

— Sebastian Junger

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

— Asne Seierstad