Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising (sheep and goats) Economic considerations have played second fiddle to political and military upheavals during two decades of war, including the nearly 10year Soviet military occupation (which ended 15 February 19) Our political winds may change direction every two to four years, but we cannot afford for our foreign policy to do the same I was a freshman at Texas A&M on 9/11Former US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates warned, 'Most US citizens feel that the conflict in Afghanistan should be over soon But it will not be in the interest of the United States to turn its back on Afghanistan for this purpose Because in that scenario, the Taliban will take advantage of the vacuum created in the country to take over the country Pakistan and China will assist the
Sigar We Built An Afghanistan They Can T Afford Al Jazeera America