Ahmed Rashid

Afghanistan’s new agony

Fifteen years of western intervention achieved no more than the pretence of a stable state

Amid all the chaos in the Middle East, the breakdown of borders and states, a new threat is fast emerging. The key strategic bulwark to stabilise the region is a strong Afghanistan. But after 15 years of occupation by western troops and a trillion dollars spent, it now appears to be going the way of the Levant.

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