Afghanistan Quote by Maureen Dowd

Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires.

— James G. Stavridis

“Afghanistan—where empires go to die. ”

— Mike Malloy

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

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal -…

— Khaled Hosseini

Afghanistan has safe zones... so it's possible to send grown-ups back to that country. We can't empty Afghanistan.

— Erna Solberg

The bureaucratic culture that we [Afghanistan] have inherited is an obstacle. Hierarchies may be extremely efficient for dealing with certain events, but they are…

— Ashraf Ghani

I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they…

— Colin Quinn

“Afghanistan is a land of widows and widowers, orphans and the missings. Missing a right leg, a left hand, a child,or a mother. Everyone…

— Nadia Hashimi

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent…

— John R. Allen

The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

— Stephen Kinzer

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.

— Barbara Bush

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

— Lakhdar Brahimi