“Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet Empire? A few over-exited Islamists or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?”
Zbignew Brzezinski
“The UAE was one of three nations in the world that recognized the Taliban.”
Claire McCaskill
“I visited the Taliban embassy this morning and, while they did not come out and say 'yes they're in Kandahar,' they led me to believe that's where they were,”
John Mercer
“We suspect that the Taliban has a hundred useable tanks, which isn't that many. On the books they probably have 600, but most of those are inoperative.”
Clifford Beal
“They've gone in with a steam roller in an area which is extremely pro-Taliban and pro-al Qaeda.”
Ahmed Rashid
“In return, the Taliban protected Mohammad's crops, his heroin labs, his drug transportation labs and his associates,”
Karen Tandy
“Mullah Hajji Jilani, a former Taliban sub-commander of Paktika province has renounced violence against government of Afghanistan and joined the peace process on August 4.”
Cindy Moore
