Afghanistan Quotes - Page 18

• It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

  Hillary Clinton

  People, Want, Clear

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• Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.'

  Hillary Clinton

  Home, Ems, Knows

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• My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.

  Claire Danes

  Beautiful, Math, Hands

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• Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women.

  Mark Dayton

  Cutting, Men, Iraq

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• You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.

  Lupe Fiasco

  War, Problem, Knows

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• As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.

  Al Franken

  Warrior, Men, Iraq

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• You know, if I were an - if I were a Taliban, I'd say, 'What did al-Qaida ever do for me except get me kicked out of Afghanistan?'

  Robert M. Gates

  Als, Taliban, Ifs

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• The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

  Chuck Hagel

  Democracy, United States, Found

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.

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• It is not surprising that most Pakistanis do not support America's bombardment of Afghanistan. The Afghans are neighbours on the brink of starvation and devastated by war. America has shown itself to be untrustworthy, a superpower that uses its values as a scabbard for its sword.

  Mohsin Hamid

  War, America, Support

  "Pakistan must not be abandoned" by Mohsin Hamid, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2001.

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• I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

  Stephen Harper

  Country, Thinking, Would Be

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2009.

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• I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.

  Christopher Hitchens

  War, Thinking, Enough

  "The Left and 9/11" by Adam Shatz, www.thenation.com. September 5, 2002.

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• Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.

  Salman Rushdie

  Country, Dark, Two

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• In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we.

  Simon Sinek

  Country, War, America

  "Could Haiti Become A Terrorist Haven? Only America Can Decide" by Simon Sinek, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2010.

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• On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step

  Nadeem Aslam

  Journey, Dying, Steps

  Nadeem Aslam (2008). “The Wasted Vigil”, Faber & Faber

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• ‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Girl, War, Smart

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.242, A&C Black

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• I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes.

  Khaled Hosseini

  War, Robots, Mars

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.122, A&C Black

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• Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and low-set ears, a boy with a Chinese doll face perpetually lit by a harelipped smile. Never mind any of those things. Because history isn't easy to overcome. Neither is religion. In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Boys, Chinese, Mind

  Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.31, Penguin

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• We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.

  Alex Steffen

  Home, Reality, Political

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• We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own lives in peace.

  Colin Powell

  Military, Home, Men

  Remarks at World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 26 Jan. 2003

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• Whether you are a stay-at-home mom, or on the red carpet, or in Afghanistan, the better you feel, the better you do your job.

  Bobbi Brown

  Mom, Jobs, Home

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• I remind you again we had those elections [in Afghanistan and Iraq] because we had boots on the ground and we had people that could help people, and we had people on the ground that could get into somebody's face when they had to, and do whatever was required.

  Peter Schoomaker

  Military, Iraq, People

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• As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.

  Barbara Lee

  Mother, Daughter, Sacrifice

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• It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved - especially to the servicemen and women who carry out these missions. But I want the American people to understand how this effort will be different from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It will not involve American combat troops fighting on foreign soil.

  Barack Obama

  Cancer, Military, War

  Statement by the President on ISIL, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 10, 2014.

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• The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

  Oliver North

  Country, Veterans Day, War

  "The Heroes of 2011" by Oliver North, www.foxnews.com. November 11, 2011.

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• We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the border area with Afghanistan

  Hillary Clinton

  Training, Borders, Pakistan

  "Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo; What Tone Obama's Peace Prize Speech Strikes; Monster Snowstorm Continues to Ravage Big Parts of U.S.; Companies Starting to Repay T.A.R.P. Money to Government; Geithner Asks for T.A.R.P Extension on Capitol Hill". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 10, 2009.

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