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

— Jenny Nordberg

“But the average Kabuli was prepared to sacrifice some liberty for greater security and a measure of dignity. That's what the Taliban promised. It's…

— Marc Vachon

“And it helped me too because I could see that away from the politicians and their arguments, away from the suicide bombers and their…

— Andrea Busfield

“Afghanistan—where empires go to die. ”

— Mike Malloy

“I looked westward and marveled that, somewhere over those mountains, Kabul still existed. It really existed, not just as an old memory, or as…

— Khaled Hosseini

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

— Khaled Hosseini

“Kabul fell prey to men who looked like they had tumbled out of their mothers with Kalashnikov in hand...”

— Khaled Hosseini

“I sat against one of the house’s clay walls. The kinship I felt suddenly for the old land... it surprised me. I’d been gone…

— Khaled Hosseini

There is no doubt that the people of Afghanistan have suffered for a long time. Generations have been lost to terrorism. We empathise with…

— Ram Nath Kovind

“Kabul is . . .” Idris searches for the right words. “A thousand tragedies per square mile.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“Lost Decency (a memoir) covers three phases of Afghanistan's last 50 years (Where it was? What Happened and Where it is headed?)”

— Atta Arghandiwal

“Take two Afghans who've never met, put them in a room for ten minutes, and they'll figure out how they're related.”

— Khaled Hosseini