Famous Quotes & Sayings

Whoever they are, we are sure they are terrorists because this was an Afghan national ... a leader with a long history of struggle for the freedom of his country.

Joint operation of Afghan army, police and US-led coalition troops is going on in the area.

Donald Rumsfeld

We're working to make clear to the Afghan people that we support them, and we're working to free them from the Taliban and their foreign terrorist allies,

We do understand that he will be released, that the Afghan government has found that there were substantial evidentiary problems with the case and that the case would -- and has been referred back to the ministry of justice and that he will be released. We're pleased by that." ()

We hope that the Afghan constitution is going to be upheld and in our view, if it's upheld, then of course he'll be found to be innocent.

Stephen Kinzer

The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country.

The Afghan people need a government that is functional and accountable. The warlords offer neither.

David Hernandez

The Afghan people in the city live in something like mud houses, ... If they live out in the country, they live in old-time tents with no electricity. In town, they sleep on top of their houses because it's so hot at night.

Hamid Karzai

The Afghan people have proven once again that they know their interests, that they can work for tomorrow, that they have a vision and they will vote for that vision,

Hamid Karzai

The Afghan people have done their job. Now the international community must come and provide alternative revenue to the Afghan people which they have not done so far,

The Afghan constitution has declared that men and women are equal but in reality women are still second class citizens.

the Afghan civilian population nor their homes or property have been targeted.

The Afghan ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office here today and we have lodged a strong protest with him.

Jacques Chirac

It is not just refugees but all the Afghan people who are in a precarious situation, a situation of great distress, which is intolerable.

Donald Rumsfeld

This effort is certainly not against the Afghan people. It's not against a race. It's not against a religion. It's against terrorists who came into the United States and killed thousands of human beings, innocent people,

A new wave of millions of Afghans will overwhelm hospitality, (we must) insure that we have local and federal governments on board.

Greg Dulli

I love them. They're my brothers, ... I think if we were all in the same town we would all play together like we used to, but as far as playing as the Afghan Whigs, I doubt that.

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.

At the same time as the minister's vehicles were passing by, a group of Afghan National Army soldiers fired at each other over a dispute which they had from previous days,

William T. Vollmann

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.

Azita Ghanizada

In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.

I don't think that any election is perfect, ... historic milestone in Afghan history.

These soldiers were operating and fighting alongside Afghan National Security Forces,

Richard Engel

Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.

During search operations, coalition forces and Afghan forces found the body of David Addison.

Maz Jobrani

Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad.

Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort rose to prominence fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Afghan territory holds special significance to the group, which is committed to retaking it and re-establishing it as the base of a global movement.

Afghan human rights campaigners worry that U.S. forces may be using secret detention sites like the one allegedly at Rish-Khor to carry out interrogations away from prying eyes. The U.S. military, however, denies even having knowledge of the facility.

Afghan authorities are investigating the matter. If these reports are true, we condemn the incident and urge that all of them be released.

Afghan and U.S. forces did not open fire based on these initial movements, choosing instead to develop the situation,

Richard Engel

After literally hundreds of firefights, Chosen Company became increasingly battle-hardened. And they also became increasingly suspicious of their Afghan counterparts, believing - with their lives on the line at the end of the day - that they could only truly rely on themselves.

Michaelle Jean

This incident is a tragic reminder of the insecurity that continues to plague the Afghan population and of the enormous risks facing the dedicated and courageous Canadian civilian and military personnel working in that country.

They say it's one Afghan at a time.