Funniest "but at what cost...?" I will ever post.
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
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I never liked or supported Taliban. I’m too hedonistic and individualistic for their ideology, but I do like the fact that they defeated the US. They were the legitimate government of Afghanistan in 2001, they were willing to cooperate with the US then but the US chose violence. 20 years later and 2.3 trillion dollars wasted, they are still the legitimate government of Afghanistan and Vichy Afghanistan crumbled in days.
Central Asia may finally be stabilizing? The Taliban might not be your ideal government, but it's a well-supported government in a region that's dealt with way too much chaos and way too much bloodshed.
At this point US military involvement is out of the question. If they get cash for minerals from Xi, they might get to some welfare state condition similar to Saudi with plenty of repression but at least some prosperity to show for it. Might be preferable to their current state.
They are making solar panels in Afghanistan now with technology imported from China.
If Afghanistan is left alone it can develop and progress. When the modern Saudi state started out a 100 years ago it was basically like Afghanistan. And this is it now https://youtu.be/FC0bl2PObW4
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Apart from what NaibofTabr said, I don't think you quite realize how being the government of Afghanistan works. Just like everyone else before in this artificial amalgamation of borders cutting right through tribal land that is Afghanistan, the Taliban are ruling from and their rule is largely limited to to a few cities. The rest in between operates largely on their own terms and has little to nothing to do with whoever is in charge in Kabul, no matter who it is.