They’re criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land. – Hamid Karzai
If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it. – Hamid Karzai
Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis. – Jurgen Habermas
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years’ War. – Jurgen Habermas
Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we’re spending in Pakistan, we’re spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense? – Joe Biden
When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran. – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
I’ve always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. – Christopher McQuarrie
I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come. – George McGovern
The Helmand area used to be the breadbasket of Afghanistan. There was a time when a substantial number of the grapes we ate came from Afghanistan. – Des Browne
If we are going to conduct a population-centric strategy in Afghanistan, and we are perceived as backing thugs, then we are just undermining ourselves. – Michael T. Flynn
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation. – David Ignatius
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. – Ferdinand Mount
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. – Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Some have called Afghanistan ‘the graveyard of empires,’ and it probably is the graveyard of empires. – James G. Stavridis
The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests. – Lee Kuan Yew
A significant U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan has been continuous since October 2001, and President Obama’s short-lived ‘surge’ in 2009 was a continuation of his predecessor’s buildup there. – Michael Hayden
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. – Lakhdar Brahimi
India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there. – Joschka Fischer
We can’t afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world. – Liam Fox
There is close to zero trust in institutions in Afghanistan. The mobile carriers have more trust than the banks. – Jan Chipchase
