Warsaw Summit. Belgium Treaty Could Save Afghanistan
By Wahab Raofi Huffington Post Commentator http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wahab-raofi/historic-belgium-treaty-c_b_10816128.html World leaders and NATO allies at the 2016 Warsaw Summit can pledge their “long-term commitment to Afghanistan through the “Enduring Partnership,” but it won’t change a thing. Afghanistan will remain a failed state unless those allies heed the advice of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and work together to give the country the kind of neutrality status that has worked so well in Belgium. That might help Afghanistan rid itself of the Taliban, Haqqani, Al-Qaeda and other extremist cancers and move it toward becoming a peaceful, self-governing and self-sustaining country. Otherwise, as Kissinger wrote in his latest book, World Order, “Afghanistan is likely to drag the rest of the world back into its perennial warfare.” NATO commitments have been crucial in helping protect Afghanistan from becoming a sanctuary for Islamic e...