Whether, in the long run, NATO is helping by easing the pain now but dragging it out with this slow atrition or whether the Taliban would burn themselves out, as in Iran, within a generation, if left alone is something worth considering. NATO might have done a good thing if it had really given a shit about the Afghan people back in 2001/2, but we evidently didn't then and we really don't now.
Cromwell said it really "you have been here too longfor all the good that you have been doing. In the name of God, Go." keep to the Fen Causeway
When is NATO invading the US to stop executions there?
I'd have thought that was a resonable claim not requiring citation.
The rise of the Soviet-backed People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan in 1978 brought large-scale literacy programs for men and women, again alongside the abolition of bride price and other reforms beneficial to women. During this period leading up the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, reforms in areas such as education stirred resentment among religious and tribal leaders in the rural areas. Although full implementation of these reforms were limited by political exigencies, women were able to experience expanded access to education and also the opportunity to actively participate as university faculty staff.
