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British had a saying: you can rent an Afghan but you can't buy one I heard the above saying during Soviet invasion but I cannot find the origin.

• Clewza313 5y ago
  There's a broader version of that: "You can buy someone, but you can't make sure they stay bought." Applies widely to bribery, diplomacy, etc.
• vrc 5y ago
  The Soviet-era one was an Afghan saying, “you have watched but we have time”