by: Dr. G Rauf Roashan
Perhaps in the beginning, Afghanistan was considered an easy, short term project where American and its allied troops could go in, clean up the country of all threats of terror, defeat centers of terror and safe havens for Al-Qaida, and leave behind a stable and secure government that would be friendly to the West in general and then get out. Well, that was not to be. It was easy to go to war and now it is more difficult to end it. There has been some achievements. Al-Qaeda has been driven out of the country and centers of training for terrorists have been wiped out, but the war continued; complete success remained evasive, the enemy persistent and the Afghan government inefficient and weak. Where do we go from here?