Grab five “Afghanistan experts” from the State Department or the U.S. military, and I would bet that not one of them could explain from Akhunzada’s perspective why the “success of the Afghan jihad” would be a “source of pride” for “Muslims all over the world.” The willful ignorance at the top was at astounding levels […]
We May Not Have Taught Afghans Democracy, But We Taught Them Budgets
A Taliban budget is almost as trustworthy as the mafia’s books or Hollywood accounting. The Taliban’s regime is a Potemkin village run for the benefit of foreign donors. It has little to no connection to reality. So the only thing this tells us is that the Qataris’ Potemkin regime in Kabul is really hoping for more international […]