Another Afghan tragedy

This time, America didn't just fight a war in Afghanistan but also invested a great deal of time, money and emotion in nation-building. Only to leave it like a possible Syria in South Asia

With a speedy Taliban conquest looking inevitable, Afghanistan is dominating global news headlines and commentary for a week or two. Please note how almost 90 per cent of all the commentary and debate is about what it means to other countries, from the US to India to China and, of course, Pakistan. Very little time and emotion is being invested in the country to which it matters most of all. Afghanistan and its nearly four crore (40 million) people.

Amazing, no? Actually, it isn’t. It was as inevitable as the Taliban victory once the Americans bought their special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s