17 Quotes by Sam Zarifi

Lots of Afghans are disappointed and cynical because they feel like people who perpetrated serious human rights abuses have been allowed back in the parliament.

Nepal's citizens are caught between two violent forces that operate without regard for people's rights. Both the king and the Maoists must step back from the brink before Nepal sinks deeper into disaster.

Because of the international community's failure to provide sufficient security and financial assistance, Afghans are struggling against a resurgent Taliban movement, entrenched warlords, and severe poverty. Afghans have managed to progress despite these challenges, but they need real support, not just rhetoric.

It contains a barely veiled threat of collective punishment. Making such a threat is a violation of the Geneva conventions and other laws of war.

The Afghan people need a government that is functional and accountable. The warlords offer neither.

US forces are still detaining people without charge indefinitely in operating bases.

Voters had to choose between the unknown and the notorious.

Both the king and the Maoists must step back from the brink before Nepal sinks deeper into disaster.

The vigilantes operate completely outside the law, and this situation places civilians more deeply in the path of danger.