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• In Afghanistan, you don’t understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody, an uncle to somebody. You are part of something bigger than yourself.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Solely

• I am always revolted when Islamic leaders, from Afghanistan or elsewhere, deny the very existence of female oppression, avoid the issue by pointing to examples of what they view as Western mistreatment of women, or even worse, justify the oppression of women on the basis of notions derived from Sharia law.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Oppression

• Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it’s very, very conservative, very tribal – almost medieval.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Conservative

• A Western-style democracy in Afghanistan is a dream. I don’t see that as a reality anytime soon. But I think some form of representative political process is not that far-fetched.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Political

• I think Americans understand that in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq and Vietnam, we are fighting an enemy allied with the people who attacked us on 9/11.

  Richard Holbrooke

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Attacked

• Even though the Bush campaign ad tells you that Afghanistan is a new democracy at the Olympics because of Bush’s efforts, Afghanistan hasn’t actually had an election.

  Peter Schuyler

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Olympics

• Well Australia’s been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics.

  Kevin Rudd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Resolute, Afghanistan

• Look at Iraq; look at Afghanistan, where at great personal physical risk people have gone to the polls and have rejected the appeal from Bin Laden and his allies to stay at home.

  Gijs de Vries

  Topics in Risk

  Tags in Afghanistan, Terrorist

• The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror – and America is honored to be their friend.

  George W. Bush

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Men And Women, Afghanistan

• If we can’t understand the Afghan family, we can’t understand Afghanistan.

  Asne Seierstad

  Topics in Family, Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Understand

• The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country’s constitution as the ‘fundamental pillar of society’.

  Asne Seierstad

  Topics in Family, Uncategorized

  Tags in Important, Culture, Afghanistan

• Don’t kid yourself. President Obama’s decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States’ ‘position of strength’ in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home.

  Ron Fournier

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Withdraw

• General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the ‘Rolling Stone’ interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

  James Talent

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Represent, Afghanistan

• If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn’t go out for a pizza.

  Bryan Hilferty

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, War, Army, Terrorism

• According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Afghanistan, Version, Cia, Aid

• When Bush had an opportunity to capture or kill bin Laden, he took his focus off of him, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords and bin Laden escaped.

  John Kerry

  Tags in Afghanistan

• We have a variety of intelligence and we’re sure we’re going to catch Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar this year. We’ve learned lessons from Iraq and we’re getting improved intelligence from the Afghan people.

  Bryan Hilferty

  Tags in Afghanistan

• Were busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is a better job at making our Democracy work right here at home.

  John Kerry

  Topics in Democracy

  Tags in Afghanistan, Iraq