Afghanistan Quote by Ted Rall

Our commitment to Afghanistan is a long-term one. We put a huge amount of resources into trying to make sure there is peace in…

— Jeremy Hunt

I mean, the United States has had an eighteen-year military commitment in Afghanistan, and frankly, I can't think of any country other than the…

— Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

In Desert Storm, we had too many troops; in Afghanistan probably not enough for the major commitment we have made.

— Alexander Haig

There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable…

— Liam Fox

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.

— Lawrence Korb

President Obama had voiced strong support for the effort in Afghanistan during his campaign, pledging to add two brigades, which he did. But since…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course, we need…

— Hamid Karzai

The strategy for peace-building in Afghanistan is economic aid, reconstruction, international security forces. On those lines, the U.S. has been extremely slow. And it…

— Ahmed Rashid

In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force of 40,000.…

— Jack Keane

A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the commitment and…

— Khaled Hosseini

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