These are just the cities not the villages which were backwards for example in Iraq and Egypt they show how some cities were beautiful and clean but in fact these cities were inhabited by foreigners mostly the rest of Egypt was still undeveloped.Afghanistan before the jihad arrived and under communist rule. 1970s.
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Turkey should Arm General Dostums Uzbek Army and create a safe and prosperous region for Turkic speaking Afghans. They can also use a small military presence to protect Hazaras and create a safe haven for them + education so that they can return to their Turco-Mongol roots and prevent them from being Persianized by Iranian influence.
The Taliban is trash, no doubts about it. But its not Turkeys job to bring these savages into the 21st century. Let them remain backward and let them remain open to constantly being invaded by white christian powers who will kill millions of them before leaving. Maybe tomorrow they get the chinese treatment instead. As Turks its not our jobs to support or help these savages.
A rational mind knows that Turkey in Afghanistan is good for Afghanistan and its people, but we are not dealing with rational people. Leave these morons to their fate, constant war, constant poverty and constant turmoil.
Members here must not conflate the Taliban as being anti-Turkic. Pre 2002 and their emirate they gave refuge to any group that was Muslim and nobody else was prepared to give residency. So many East Turkistan groups had the emirates protection despite what China might threaten, or Uzbek Muslim groups, Chechen Muslim fighters despite what Russians might threaten and of course OBL's Al Qaeda despite what USA threatened which of course did bring about their eventual demise. This is exactly why Russia and China are nervous again although Taliban have now promised not to let any trans-national groups refuge. But this is to be seen.
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhI was wrong, Taliban is already into modernity:
Afghanistan before the jihad arrived and under communist rule. 1970s.
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I agree and at no point did I suggest that those pictures were the norm. However in every society it is the elite that sets the tempo. The direction. The aspiration. If you look at Turkey 1900s Ataturk and his Young Turks were not the normative and certainly not dressed or think or live like your average Anatolian farmer. However that elite over time can reform society. In 1970s the fact was Kabul government was a Marxist regime set on turning Afghanistan into another clone of Soviet Union. Had those reforms gone through and with might of Soviet Union and economic support of entire Warsaw Pact countries Afghan society could have been reformed, consolidated by 2000.This is a wrong perception my friend. The average Afghanis were always backward. The people in your picture are the elite, which probably every country in the world has.