Afghan Quote by Seumas Milne

It seems perverse to focus too much on the casualties or hardship in Afghanistan ...[Showing the misery of Afghanistan ran the risk of] promoting…

— Walter Isaacson

“The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots…

— Khaled Hosseini

No one talked about the fact that in this year under the Obama administration you've seen the highest casualties in Afghanistan. And the fact…

— Allen West

“The standard argument is that civilian deaths in Afghanistan were the regrettable consequence of military action that was needed to destroy Al Qaida bases…

— Mark Curtis

“There is nothing the Americans can do. Their presence here only fuels the fire of the Taliban hatred. It's as if everybody thinks that…

— Deborah Rodriguez

There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they…

— Khaled Hosseini

Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will not deter people who…

— Jemima Khan

“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

Theres no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.

— Barack Obama

We [Afghanistan] are constantly dealing with situations in which we must ensure that provinces or major cities do not fall into enemy hands. People…

— Ashraf Ghani

There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.

— Barack Obama