Afghanistan Quote by Richard Holbrooke

We are not America. We are Afghanistan.

— Hamid Karzai

The best way to get Americans to focus on what's happening in Afghanistan is by using the example of their own.

— Tim Hetherington

I recognize that most Americans are tired of U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan after more than 18 years of war. I am, too.

— Tom Malinowski

It doesn't matter what we think we are there [in Afghanistan] for; it matters what they think. They think we are invaders.

— Gwynne Dyer

You begin to wonder as we make deals with the Taliban and we leave Afghanistan, if the federal government is not telling us that…

— Will Cain

It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

— Ashraf Ghani

As you know, I did not support the United States' engagement in Iraq and have long had concerns about Afghanistan... But I obviously have…

— Kyrsten Sinema

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one.

— Paul Wolfowitz

But we have achieved at least two important things. Afghanistan is no longer a safe haven for international terrorists. We have a strong Afghan…

— Jens Stoltenberg

To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with.

— Hyder Akbar

Since Bin Laden's death, many Americans have decided that our job in Afghanistan is done. They see a victory in the counterterrorism campaign, and…

— Eric Greitens

If the United States had not intervened in Afghanistan, then obviously, we would have then allowed the attacks of 9/11 to go unanswered. I…

— John McCain