Afghan Quote by Richard Engel Download Open image “Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.” — Richard Engel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Afghan Aid Billions Dollars Economy Foreign Foreign aid Projects Pumped
If we can spend over $3 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, surely we can find the money to meet the long-term… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
“The bulk of development funding was spent by the international donors themselves, as USAID or the Canadians did when they spent millions of dollars… — Douglas Grindle Copy Share Image
The issue is: $1 trillion or $2 trillion is a lot of money. If our objective is to have stability in the Middle East,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will… — Pauline Hanson Copy Share Image
Rebuilding Afghanistan is not going to be solved by pouring billions in. Getting rid of the Taliban does not rid us of the problems… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Our failed population-centric approach to Afghanistan has only led to missed opportunities, which is why Afghanistan depends on donors for 90% of government revenues.… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
“Our questioning—again echoing Ghazali—of the likely impact of development efforts (“prosperity,” in his formula) also flew in the face of received wisdom. For years,… — Sarah Chayes Copy Share Image
The problem right now, which I've been pointing out very bluntly to American officials in Washington, is that the U.S. has no economic presence… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It… — Bulent Ecevit Copy Share Image
Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Anyone who follows the Middle East and Islamic world in general can't deny it is often a very violent place, that a band of… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
An Egyptian newspaper once publicly identified me as the C.I.A. station chief in Cairo. It seemed so stupid at the time. I was only… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There are many Israelis who are not keen on Barack Obama - they did not want to see him elected. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
If you're in part of rebel-controlled Syria, and suddenly your house blows up or a building next to you blows up, it would be… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
There weren't many weapons in Egypt in the 1990s. Police controls on guns were very strict back then. That is no longer the case… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
Bin Laden is dead, and most of his friends are dead. But did it need to cost a trillion dollars and two land wars,… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
I do spend a lot of weekends on the road. I have to pace myself. It can be pretty busy, but I'm not out… — Gary Sinise Copy Share Image
In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror. — Hamid Karzai Copy Share Image
Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This book… — Masha Hamilton Copy Share Image
Mecca and Medinah is a very special place in the hearts of every Muslim but particularly for every Afghan. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and… — Henri Cole Copy Share Image
We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security. — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
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