It propably will take decades to undo the wounds of the Russian and now the US/NATO invasion. It will take education and helping to build a society and economy, where woman can become more independent. Besides the goal of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was not to improve the lot of women.

I was always against the war on terrorism and the invasion of Afghanistan. I never been able to see this as an solution. It is only the civilians that are suffering once more.

...but what would you propose?

You might object that none of us here at ET is proposing "The Solution For Afghanistan" you're looking for. It may be hard to accept, but in that particular occurrence, there's just no such thing. Orderly withdrawal is the best that can be hoped for.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.