failure in nation building policy

[mcnoch]

An interesting read, why the West's model for development of failed-state nations is fundamentally flawed.

www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-ahmed-rashid-on-the-failures-of-the-west-in-afghanistan-a-874034.html

[Swampy]

I would agree that economic development has to take priority, but not at the expense of defeating the Taliban.

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Swampy I read many months ago that while the war has proceeded exploration of Afghanistan's minerals and energy reserves have revealed vast riches potential under the ground and more than enough for economic prosperity and an end to Poppy farming for the drug trade.