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Afghanistan Quotes

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"We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny."
Mohammed Omar
"We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny."
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"Afghanistan is a land-locked country."
Lakhdar Brahimi
"Afghanistan is a land-locked country."
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"Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses."
Keith Henson
"Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses."
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"Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan."
Olivia Wilde
"Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan."
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"But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan."
Lakhdar Brahimi
"But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan."
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"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
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"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
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"There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan."
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan."
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"Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan."
Lloyd Cutler
"Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan."
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"We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare."
Alexander Haig
"We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare."
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"Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else."
Ted Rall
"Trying to rebuild Afghanistan on the cheap has left the country in the hands of warlords and an impotent Northern Alliance puppet regime that runs Kabul and nothing else."
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"There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan."
Jim Fowler
"There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan."
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