"The Taliban may pine for a pre-industrial society,……" — Richard Engel

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• Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world,… — Abu Bakar Bashir
• Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to… — Barack Obama
• The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak… — Chris Hedges
• The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. — Abu Bakar Bashir
• Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains… — George Lakoff
• This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight… — Bob Barker
• Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were… — Winston Churchill
• We have not ceased to insist that an Islam of tolerance is advantageous to all Muslims, for the Afghans and… — Ahmad Shah Massoud
• God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful. — Alexander the Great
• There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting… — Lakhdar Brahimi
• May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of… — Alexander the Great
• A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges… — Hilary Mantel

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