Among the faithful, apnai prophet(s), god(s), and other figures to sabhi ko precious hotay hain.
Afghanistan is a war I've looked at intently, also no cheerleader for NATO or anything here but "victory" to nahi keh saktay AT ki.. it had gone to basically a crushing defeat of the AT at the hands of NATO/west but there was a big stalemate in terms of "hearts and minds" nahi jeet paye + lack of political will from the west.. Afghan people themselves, poor guys were caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
In the absence of air defence or any proper heavy artillery, mechanized and armoured forces on so on.. voh majboor ho gai suicide bombings ki reliance pe.. bechare gareeb desperate logon ki exploitation hui zabardast.. very sad, the whole thing, on and for both sides. Fallout iska Pakistan me bhi dekha gya..
"end of the day we aint r those who r afraid of dying"
ye kesa false bravado hai ?
US waaley nikal gai patli gali se apna bees saal ka kachra (which was kachra to begin with too, in all honesty) .. left there..
Afghanistan is a regional problem child for everyone here, also a very sad case study. In a perfect world we would all help them recover but they seem to be a "gone case" for now.. at least up until someone can find and extract those magical Lithium deposits there.