Afghan Quote by Stephen Kinzer

The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.

— Hamid Karzai

Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so close among…

— Bill Murray

As the leader of a country, you are not free to enjoy the luxury of such feelings. The Afghan people want peace, which requires…

— Ashraf Ghani

For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that Afghans had…

— Khaled Hosseini

Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other…

— David Petraeus

We stand with the government and people of Afghanistan in their quest for peace, stability and prosperity.

— Ram Nath Kovind

The United States supports the reintegration of people who have fought with the Taliban into Afghan society provided they: one, renounce al Qaeda, two,…

— Richard Holbrooke

We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there…

— Barbara Boxer

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this…

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

To me, what success looks like is not to believe that Afghanistan can become a unified, Western-style democracy with a developed-country economy just yet.…

— Pete Buttigieg

People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children,…

— Hamid Karzai