Quote by Paul Rudnick

For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“Although the Taliban inflicted six times more civilian fatalities, President Karzai escalated his rants about American-caused casualties and released those imprisoned for killing Americans.”

— Bing West

“The best weapon the Afghan people have against the Taliban or any other terrible power that may choose to put itself in Afghanistan is…

— Andrea Busfield

“In Afghanistan, not much is for certain other than an open sky and eventual death. In between the two is family.”

— Jenny Nordberg

“To one laden with crime, death came armed with double terror.”

— Matthew Lewis

“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“As a hypothetical illustration, let us assume a conflict involving us in Afghanistan.”

— J.C. Wylie

“It is time we accept there’s no Cronkite moment for Afghanistan. Perhaps it's time we value the hearts and minds of our own over…

— Tiffany Madison

“Afghanistan—where empires go to die. ”

— Mike Malloy

“The best thing we could have done for Afghanistan was to get out of our Humvees and drink more green chai. We should have…

— Craig M. Mullaney

“locals, build things, try to organize them against the Taliban. The other is our military”

— Raymond Hunter Pyle

“So this general with the background in intelligence who is supposed to conquer Afghanistan can't even figure out what Rolling Stone is? We're not…

— Maureen Dowd