Afghanistan
Afghanistan Like most of you, I have been following the news about Afghanistan in the past 2 weeks or so and saw how quickly the situation turned into complete chaos, even for Aghan standards. The situation there is obviously terrible, and I really feel sorry for the normal people there, and especially the women, who now have to live under Taliban rule once again. While the Taliban have stated that their rule will be more inclusive and moderate this time around, I’m having a hard time believing the words of a bunch of murderous relegious lunatics. What also surprised me is the criticism on NATO/UN/USA because they decided to end the war and withdraw all troops. If you read the travel stories from hippies in the 1960s and early 70s, who did the overland hippie trail from Europe to South East Asia, or even Australia, they pretty much all say the same thing: they all spent way longer in Afghanistan than they had planned. The country was a safe haven for creative and free-spirited chara