- Captain Mitch Nelson: General, I'm--I'm your link to the greatest weaponry in the history of civilization. You--you gotta stop guarding me and start trusting me.
- General Dostum: Greatest weapon in history is this.
- [Points to heart]
- General Dostum: I don't have soldiers in my army, not one. Only warriors. Stop being a soldier --
- [points to head]
- General Dostum: start using this --
- [points to Nelson's heart]
- General Dostum: and you can be a warrior, too.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: I expect you to share strategic information with us. Otherwise what the fuck are we doing here?
- General Dostum: Your anger comes from your fear because you live in a place where life looks better than afterlife. That's not this place.
- General Dostum: [in English] To our new American friends.
- [Drinks from vodka bottle]
- General Dostum: I hope they don't think they win, copying the Russians.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: I was told you didn't speak English.
- General Dostum: I did not speak to the man who told you I don't.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: You have an obligation to tell me everything you know!
- General Dostum: You don't have the stomach for everything I know.
- General Dostum: I will let Atta have the city today - tomorrow, we'll see.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: Well, you made the right choice.
- General Dostum: Right choice? There are no right choices here. This is Afghanistan - graveyard of many empires. Today you are our friend, tomorrow you are our enemy. It won't be any different for you. Soon, America will become just another tribe here. You will be cowards if you leave, you will be our enemies if you stay.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: General, I'm the captain. This is my team. You speak to me, all right?
- General Dostum: This is my country.
- Captain Mitch Nelson: I understand that. You own the land, but we own the sky. You want our bombs, talk to me.
- Sam Diller: So, where are you going to point us to next?
- Captain Mitch Nelson: I'm pointing us home.
- Sam Diller: I'll follow you there. I'll follow you anywhere...
- General Dostum: [grimly] Mullah Razzan, leader of the Taliban, has a high price on your heads. 100,000 US dollars for your body. 50,000 for your bloody uniforms.
- Sam Diller: That's it? A little low. Toss a little change out, Taliban.