Measure this stuff in decades. Once they catch up with the 17th century, things will look up a bit. They're still stuck in 641CE
I wish people would have more empathy for Afghanistan instead of berating them.
They’ve just been through 20 years of foreign occupation and a decade of being used as a battlefield for a proxy war not long before that.
When I read removing fundamental woman's rights I thought you were talking about the Roe vs. Wade overturn.
Maybe them catching up to the 21st century should start with .. let’s stop malicious foreign intervention, so they have a chance.
I mean I guess it won't change anything if people do this, but it's just a bit disappointing to encounter it and remember the prevailing attitudes on Afghanistan and the casual dismissal of our own involvement there.
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