24 Afghans Quotes for You to Enjoy

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans. Salman Rushdie

Suffering People Most Taliban Were Afghans

The jury is out as to whether the Afghans are up to the task of protecting their people. Khaled Hosseini

People Out Protecting Up Task Jury Afghans Whether

One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations. Pat Buchanan

Would Only Judges Deal How Iranians Afghans Nations Moving Imagine

The Taliban may pine for a pre-industrial society, but most Afghans do not. Richard Engel

Society Most Taliban Pine May Afghans

A cultural thing that is funny to me is that every time I go out in D.C. after a show, all the nightclubs and restaurants are owned by Iranians and Afghans. It's funny to me how we lost our countries but we gained the nightlife. Maz Jobrani

If we are visiting Afghans, typically the Afghan governor, district or provincial governor, we see he doesn't wear body armor, and yet we're walking through his streets. I'm his guest. I think that that's important that I send a message that I trust him and I don't think I am more valuable than I think he is. Stanley A. McChrystal

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These guys that were standing up to fight, for the most part, had pride in their country, and they wanted to do the best, and they wanted to go out and fight, and I was as close to these Afghans as I was to the Marines. Dakota Meyer

Best Fight Pride Country Marines Out Guys Had Part Most Go Were Up Close Afghans Wanted Standing Standing Up

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 people in the world and their country is the best place in the world, and it's strange because you go there and it doesn't really look like it, and yet they assume that everybody else envies them. Rory Stewart

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Certainly Afghans in general and women in particular want a country in which security is a daily reality rather than a campaign slogan or the focus of drive-by speeches from diplomats dropping in for the day. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

As late as 2009, 90 per cent of Afghans reckoned Karzai's performance was excellent, good or fair. Terry Glavin

Good Late Reckoned Per Excellent Performance Fair Afghans Cent

The overwhelming majority of Afghans are not tribal, and they're not Pashtun. Terry Glavin

Tribal Overwhelming Majority Afghans

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower. Abu Bakar Bashir

Faith Weapons Superpower Like Sophisticated Did Soviets Afghans Defeated

Americans worry that Afghanistan has become a petri dish in which the germs of Islamic fanaticism are replicating - soon Afghans will be hijacking American planes and bombing embassies everywhere. And their fears are not necessarily unfounded. The Taliban are unemployed war veterans, ready and even eager to return to the battlefield. William T. Vollmann

War Veterans Will Fears Become Worry Everywhere Battlefield Soon Hijacking Taliban Return Islamic Ready Unemployed American Afghanistan Afghans Dish Fanaticism Which Planes Even Eager Bombing Necessarily

Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country. Philip Hammond

Country Taliban Talking Manage Afghans Process

We're pursuing a strategic partnership with Afghanistan on the case of the United States and Afghanistan where we're going to push toward a future. It is the future that the Afghans desire with the United States. It is a future that the Afghans desire with the international community and we desire that as well. John R. Allen

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When US-led forces toppled the Taliban government in November 2001, Afghans celebrated the downfall of a reviled and discredited regime. Anand Gopal

Government November Taliban Forces Reviled Celebrated Afghans Regime Downfall

In media coverage of the war, Afghans are often characterized as corrupt and deceitful. There has certainly been plenty of corruption and deceit in this conflict, but why? What inspires these behaviors? In 'Green on Blue,' I wanted to render a world that is often overlooked: that of the average Afghans who are helping America wage its war. Elliot Ackerman

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My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongside. We bled alongside each other; we mourned together. When I came home, these weren't people I could keep up with on Facebook. Elliot Ackerman

After spending time in the East and meeting with ordinary Afghans there, it's hard to imagine how a future Afghan government will retain control of provinces such as Khost or Paktia once U.S. forces are gone. Joby Warrick

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

Past Despite Taliban Lot Friendly Afghans Barbaric