Quotes on Afghanistan

Romania will continue to fulfil its obligations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Author: Traian Basescu

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.

Author: Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

Author: Lakhdar Brahimi

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

Author: Lakhdar Brahimi

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

Author: Paul Cellucci

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.

Author: Lloyd Cutler

Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

Author: Bulent Ecevit

We have been helping, trying to help Afghanistan in many ways, even from the beginning of... the beginnings of the '20s, 1920s, when he we were fighting our own national struggle.

Author: Bulent Ecevit

The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.

Author: Russ Feingold

India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.

Author: Joschka Fischer

There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.

Author: Jim Fowler

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.

Author: Liam Fox

Since the intervention in Afghanistan, we suddenly began to notice when, in political discussions, we found ourselves only among Europeans or Israelis.

Author: Jurgen Habermas

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.

Author: Alexander Haig

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses.

Author: Keith Henson

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

Author: Chris Hollen

In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that unity to finish the job in Afghanistan and against al Qaeda.

Author: Chris Hollen

We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were.

Author: Brit Hume

It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.

Author: Jon Huntsman, Jr.

We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been true to that calling and helped spread freedom to oppressed peoples everywhere.

Author: Kay Hutchison

Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.

Author: Ed Koch

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.

Author: Tom Lantos

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.

Author: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.

Author: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

Author: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Author: Kenny Marchant

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

Author: Michael Mullen

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.

Author: Mohammed Omar

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor.

Author: Solomon Ortiz

Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.

Author: Camille Paglia

We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools.

Author: David Petraeus

We will not allow anyone to perform any terrorist acts inside or from Afghanistan against anyone. We are a free country where Osama is living as a guest. This is the reality and it is up to the world to accept it.

Author: Mohammad Rabbani

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.

Author: Ted Rall

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

Author: Jack Reed

There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime.

Author: Condoleezza Rice

Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.

Author: Otto Schily

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.

Author: Peter Schuyler

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.

Author: Olivia Wilde

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.

Author: Lee Yew