I don’t think it’s fair to give all the credit to the US on that one.
This isn’t about “the US” so much as “USAID” specifically. It’s billed as a kind of international state-funded charity and relief organization. But it functions in practice as a propaganda mill and a trojan horse for US intelligence services.
We can debate the reasons for Afghanistan’s current state to death. But we can’t deny USAID was involved in a deliberate campaign of radicalization under the auspices of providing humanitarian service.
This isn’t about “the US” so much as “USAID” specifically. It’s billed as a kind of international state-funded charity and relief organization. But it functions in practice as a propaganda mill and a trojan horse for US intelligence services.
We can debate the reasons for Afghanistan’s current state to death. But we can’t deny USAID was involved in a deliberate campaign of radicalization under the auspices of providing humanitarian service.