Through a series of recent broadcasts on C-Span. the US military command in Afghanistan and members of an evaluative committee to report on the current status of the war between the Taliban and the US-backed government in Kabul have provided a pretty consistent picture that the war is at a stalemate after nearly 16 years of US troops fighting there!
Meantime, I think the Chinese are still mining minerals on the eastern edges of the country, quite independent of being drawn into the stalemated conflict.
But to my mind, the draw declaration by those familiar with the country only bespeaks the real reality: viz., the country is abundant with poppy seeds; and there's plenty of distributors--including former US military--who supply the drugs upon which those addicted to heroin, etc. survive. These distributors are the real determinants of the local affairs conducted by independent kingpins and regional war lords. In short, the money of the Kabul government isn't enough to control any one province let alone the whole country; and so the Afghans are left in limbo to make whatever deals they can with those representing poppy-seed processing and drug distribution worldwide.
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