What everybody has done to Afghanistan (screw it up)

The legacy of 30 years of war in Afghanistan is profound. A recently released report of atrocities during the Soviet era highlights individuals currently in high positions of government. So much for accountability and thank you Western nations for ignoring such things when enabling these forces.

And if you think the US-led occupation is coming to an end, think again (via The Atlantic):

How could NATO get supplies out of Afghanistan in time for… the drawdown? A shipping container worth of gear sent every seven minutes, all day, every day.… 

Writing in… Foreign Affairs*,… Vanda Felbab-Brown explains… that, according to NATO officials, in order to remove International Security Assistance Force military equipment from Afghanistan by the end of 2014: “a container would have to leave the country every seven minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting now.”… 

Felbab-Brown’s report brings up an interesting point, pairing that oft-asked question of how soon… should… the U.S. leave with how soon… can… the U.S. leave. Getting everything they want out of there will not be easy or quick. According to Felbab-Brown, about 100,000 containers and 50,000 wheeled vehicles need to go.… 

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