What does the future hold for Afghanistan?

Let me step back to say I am by training and inclination a structural realist as an academic, which means that I look on a realpolitik basis, looking at the structure of real power. And I look at where we are in Afghanistan, and we have an inversion of what should be the norm. - What does the future hold for Afghanistan? - Dr. John Hamre
The Three Futures for Afghanistan Foreign Affairs - Zalmay Khalilzad