How to Use Afghan in a Sentence

Afghan

noun

• But not everyone supports the idea of an Afghan Olympic team.
  — Abigail Pesta, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
• The Afghan Post, like much of the country, still does everything on paper.
  — Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
• But the specter of the Taliban’s edicts targeting women and girls also looms at the Afghan Post.
  — Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
• In the Vietnam war, Afghan Pathans would have been ideal troops but in wars fought against Moslems would have betrayed us.
  — Matt Schoenfeldt, National Review, 10 Dec. 2023
• The Unlocked podcast host, 26, was unmasked as the Afghan Hound during Wednesday night's episode.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• Veterans groups have been among the most supportive of the Afghan Adjustment Act.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
• The Afghan Football Federation desperately made calls around the world on the girls’ behalf, pleading for help to get them out.
  — Marie Margolius, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• But the Afghan Taliban are no longer an insurgent group dependent on Pakistani safe havens and Islamabad’s goodwill.
  — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 9 Jan. 2024
• Not long after Raziq was born in a mud-walled village, the Afghan Communists seized power in Kabul, and in response rebels rose up against the government, plunging the country into a conflict that lasted for more than four decades.
  — Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• The Pakistani Taliban, which operates independently from the Afghan Taliban, denied that it was involved.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• Pakistan’s leadership blames the Afghan Taliban for harboring militants who have staged a mounting number of deadly attacks in Pakistan in recent months.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• French officials said the 22-year-old Afghan was indicted on Saturday for plotting attacks against civilians and placed in pretrial detention.
  — Nancy Ing, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Senators did not include language in the final bill concerning Afghan evacuees affected by America's withdrawal from the country nearly two years ago.
  — Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 28 July 2023
• This could reduce the likelihood of the Afghan Adjustment Act being a legislative priority, despite some Republican support.
  — Ana Martín Gil, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
• Congress’s failure to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act, legislation consistent with history that would normalize immigration status for folks who have nowhere else to go, is a glaring reflection of the lack of political will to provide real solutions.
  — Shawn Vandiver, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• The Afghan Adjustment Act has garnered support from veterans groups, former high-ranking military personnel, and refugee advocacy organizations.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024