Quotes of: Taliban Keyword

When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people. The Taliban is an ideology that has sprung out of a history that, you know, America created anyway.

Arundhati Roy

I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.

Malala Yousafzai

The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and pai...

Khaled Hosseini

When we started after Osama bin Laden, we really decided to go after the Taliban. And we seemed to be content to kick the Taliban out of Kandahar. And then we let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora.

Wesley Clark

The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown in 2001 are now well known and often cited: Today, Afghans lucky enough to live in secure regions can go to school, w...

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us. Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn't just a way of passing time, it was our future.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in her keynote speech to the United Nations, 12th July 2013.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

We Pashtuns love shoes but don't love the cobbler; we love our scarves and blankets but do not respect the weaver. Manual workers made a great contribution to our society but received no recognition, and this is the reason so many of them joined the ...

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

Steve Earle

The great western error about the Taliban is to assume homogeneity.

Philip Hammond

Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.

Imran Khan

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

Richard Engel

Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.

Richard Engel

I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.

Tony Blair

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

Salman Rushdie

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

Leon Panetta

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

Philip Hammond

I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban.

Malala Yousafzai

The Taliban knows they have more to fear from an educated girl than an American drone.

Tina Brown

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

Hamid Karzai

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

Julian Fellowes