Op-Ed Contributor: Afghanistan Needs a Surge of Diplomacy

While dealing with the Taliban insurgency must be the first order of business, the best way out of this morass is to return Afghanistan to its traditional policy of neutrality — of noninterference by others in its internal affairs and by it in other countries — and to take Afghanistan “off the board” for future “Great Game” rivalries.

For much of the 20th century, the rulers of Afghanistan highlighted this approach, as expressed by King Nadir Shah in 1931: “The best and most fruitful policy that one can imagine for Afghanistan is a policy of neutrality. Afghanistan must give its neighbors assurances of its friendly attitudes while safeguarding the right of reciprocity.” - Op-Ed Contributor - Afghanistan Needs a Surge of Diplomacy ...
«اصل بی طرفی و تقویهء دیپلوماسی، بهترین راه برای افغانستان»

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