Afghanistan sits in the middle of everyone’s infrastructure projects like a pigeon shitting on a chessboard. The world has two options: it can either shoot the pigeon, or feed it somewhere else. China decided to scatter seed around the Taliban, overfeeding terrorism in the hope it might become a trained pet.
Stability in the region does not have to mean liberty for its inhabitants.
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