It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.
Hillary Clinton
The Taliban may pine for a pre-industrial society, but most Afghans do not.
Richard Engel
You know, if I were an - if I were a Taliban, I'd say, 'What did al-Qaida ever do for me except get me kicked out of Afghanistan?'
Robert M. Gates
Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
Sam Harris
I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
Hamid Karzai
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Taliban is resilient.
Leon Panetta
I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
Salman Rushdie