Being real Quote by Toby Keith

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

One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in…

— Greg Mortenson

The Afghans, despite their backwardness, are a friendly lot, but the Taliban are as barbaric as the Huns from the past.

— Sushmita Banerjee

“locals, build things, try to organize them against the Taliban. The other is our military”

— Raymond Hunter Pyle

The Taliban is resilient.

— Leon Panetta

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.

— George W. Bush

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

— Salman Rushdie

Hospitality is one of the things the Afghan population is famous for, but nobody says that anymore. Now they're terrorists - and they're not.…

— Lisa Ling

It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups…

— Anna Quindlen

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

— Leon Panetta

I was overwhelmed with the kindness of people [in Afghanistan] and found that they had managed to retain their dignity, their pride, and their…

— Khaled Hosseini

As a Scot, I instinctively feel a sympathy towards a culture which is based on generosity. It's very refreshing. Afghans think they're the best…

— Rory Stewart