- “Afghanistan is a country forged in pain. It is a country that has endured centuries of conflict and turbulence.” – Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
- “Afghanistan is a country that is simultaneously beautiful and heartbreaking. It is a land that demands both your admiration and pity.” – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea
- “Afghanistan is a crucible of history, where civilisations clash and great narratives unfold.” – John Graham, Afghanistan: The Land That Was Lost
- “Afghanistan is a graveyard of empires.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (2000)
- “Afghanistan is a land leveraged in struggle.” – Asne Seierstad, The Bookseller of Kabul
- “Afghanistan is a land of harsh climate and a hard life.” – Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Shadow of the Sun (1998)
- “Afghanistan is a land where dreams and destinies intertwine, where the past and present merge seamlessly.” – Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
- “Afghanistan is a land-locked country in Central Asia, a place where empires have historically collided, a place of deep pride and fierce independence.” – Rory Stewart, The Places in Between
- “Afghanistan is a lyrical nation shaped by poetry, bloodshed, and a longing for peace.” – Tamim Ansary, West of Kabul, East of New York
- “Afghanistan is a mosaic of ethnicities, religions, and languages. It’s a place where survival often eclipses living.” – Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
- “Afghanistan is a mosaic of stories—age-old tales of love, loss, and resilience, woven into the fabric of its rugged terrain.” – Nadia Hashimi, A House Without Windows
- “Afghanistan is a nation of survivors, always rising from the ashes.” – Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (2014)
- “Afghanistan is a place where the ancient and the modern coexist in a delicate dance—an extraordinary blend of chaos and serenity, tragedy and hope.” – Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
- “Afghanistan is a place where the truth changes as fast as the dust settles.” – Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
- “Afghanistan is a proud nation with a troubled past.” – Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea (2006)
- “Afghanistan is an enigmatic nation, where nothing is what it seems.” – Asne Seierstad, The Bookseller of Kabul
- “Afghanistan is not without its beauty, its people and its culture born out of the dust and violence that has ravaged it.” – Maria Aslam, The War Within
- “Afghanistan is the land of broken dreams and unfulfilled promises.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban
- “All good things in Afghanistan are marked by time and patience.” – Asne Seierstad, The Bookseller of Kabul (2002)
- “Doom delays here only to strike harder.” – André Vltchek, Exile (2012)
- “For you, a thousand times over.” – Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (2003)
- “I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn’t need a gun, you’d better take one along that worked.” – Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
- “In Afghanistan, a goat’s life is worth more than a girl’s.” – Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala (2013)
- “In Afghanistan, existence itself is an act of courage.” – Rahim Khan in Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (2003)
- “In Afghanistan, you don’t understand yourself solely as an individual; you understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody.” – Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed (2013)
- “In Afghanistan, you don’t understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody.” – Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)
- “In Afghanistan, you don’t understand yourself solely as an individual. You understand yourself as a son, a brother, a cousin to somebody, an uncle to somebody. You are part of something bigger than yourself.” – Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
- “In the end, the world always wins. That’s just the way of things.” – Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (2014)
- “Innocence is shattered in Afghanistan, more quickly than anywhere else.” – André Vltchek, Point of No Return: The Chronicles of the New Afghanistan (2007)
- “Life in Kabul had returned to routine, but in a different way. It was no longer peaceful.” – Atiq Rahimi, The Patience Stone (2008)
- “One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.” – Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns
- “The geography of Afghanistan is dominated by mountains and deserts.” – Rory Stewart, The Places in Between (2004)
- “The past held this incredible power to remind us that we were and always would be the same people we’d been when we’d come there.” – David Bergen, The Time in Between (2014)
- “The place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.” – William T. Vollmann, An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World (2000)
- “The truth is that the war in Afghanistan involves a NATO occupation of a Muslim land. This is generally understood, but it hasn’t sunk in to become part of our bones.” – Robert L. Grenier, 88 Days to Kandahar
- “This land, so ancient and weathered, still carries the spirits of warriors and poets in its wind.” – Rahima Warren, The Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change
- “To me, Kabul was a city of walls, the walls of Kabul shouted.” – Mahbod Seraji, Rooftops of Tehran (2009)
- “We are Afghans, and we have survived so many storms. We will continue to survive, as long as we have hope in our hearts.” – Nadia Hashimi, The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
WANDERLIST: Ten great travel quotes about Afghanistan
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