Afghan Commentary Post

  Constitutional Monarchy Could Give Afghanistan a Future Washington should help Afghans build a political system that can unite the country and outlast its leaders, not simply replace the Taliban with another fragile government. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg is right to warn that the United States should not treat Afghanistan as a closed chapter. In an October 22 article in The Washington Post , he argues that China is pursuing Afghanistan’s mineral wealth while Washington looks away. He urges the United States to engage credible Afghan opposition figures without sending American troops back into the country. But before Washington decides whom to support, it must answer a more fundamental question: What political system could prevent Afghanistan from collapsing again? As an Afghan-born American who has followed my country’s turmoil from afar for four decades, I believe Washington should encourage Afghan opposition groups to agree on a common political program. At its center ...