“It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of ...” — Lakhdar Brahimi Quote

“It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.”

“There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.”

“In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.”

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

“Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.”

“A cultural thing that is funny to me is that every time I go out in D.C. after a show, all the nightclubs and restaurants are owned by Iranians and Afghans. It's funny to me how we lost our countries but we gained the nightlife.”