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The Soviets held to the tradition of colonialism. They raped the country and killed many people. But they also built dams, electrical power plants, streets, and technical schools.

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The Pashtuns are angry at the Americans because, one, they’re still being bombed, and two, they perceive that the Americans are backing the Tajik faction, which controls the army and security forces in Kabul.
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They are simply not capable of promoting the indigenous economy. Many billions of dollars flooded into Afghanistan, but without any significant effect.
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They built that electricity powerhouse,” because nothing has been built so far.
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There is no way the Americans are going to be able to carry out a full scale war against Iraq and at the same time maintain the same kind of pressure on the Al Qaeda network in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Philippines, and Pakistan, as well as in Europe.
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We never had reports of Mullah Omar living luxuriously or making money in large quantities or anything like that.
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But all development programs of the United States and the European countries unfortunately exclude the private sector, which could make investments based on profitability.
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Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large window of opportunity to repair the damage done by 25 years of war.
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In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure.
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Of course, many of them did support the Taliban. But you cannot equate all Pashtuns with the Taliban.
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There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years.
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You have a lot of suspicion from the neighbors of Afghanistan about U.S. intentions. Iran is already, to some extent, trying to undermine the U.S. in Afghanistan.
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The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the number of troops and at the same time set the US withdrawal date to 2014.
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All that has really happened is that Al Qaeda has escaped from Afghanistan come into Pakistan, got in touch with their contacts and friends.
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We should have built a State in Afghanistan with an army and a police force first.
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Russia is now becoming increasingly nervous about a more permanent U.S. presence in Central Asia.
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Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability.
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