Afghanistan Quote by Michael Hastings

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 way the Pentagon and its defenders have pushed back against this story is to say: "They weren't doing psychological operations, they were doing…

— Michael Hastings

It is now well-known that the Taliban's creation was facilitated by the CIA and the ISI as part of the 1980s anti-Soviet war.

— Noam Chomsky

Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.

— Barack Obama

Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.

— Philip Hammond

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying…

— Condoleezza Rice

But the frightening aspect is that it's part of a larger effort from the Pentagon to tear down the wall between public affairs and…

— Michael Hastings

And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban - I'm not…

— Pete Sessions

WikiLeaks published the Afghan War Logs and U.S. diplomatic cables stolen from a classified network by an Army private.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“the primary focus in Afghanistan was to “win the hearts and minds,” the Vaughns were enraged. The idea that the sensitivities and feelings of…

— Billy Vaughn

When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks using only…

— Erik Prince

After 9/11, a few hundred CIA and Special Operations personnel, backed by airpower and Afghan militias, devastated Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. That effort has…

— Erik Prince