Afghanistan is a craphole. It’s Geography cripples any attempts at major infrastructure development. (Provides you don’t have endless capital to sink into it.) Tribal Culture still holds primacy over much of the country. Difficult to form a Government in the region. With any that is formed typically being extremely weak as various geographical and Cultural features limit ability to exert influence into the surroundings the Government in Kabul claims is its territory.
Afghanistan and the entire region is called “Graveyard of Empires” for a reason. Even the Taliban who were one of the few Governments that have risen in the region to have anything approaching popular support in the area struggled to govern the region.
Afghanistan is a craphole. It’s Geography cripples any attempts at major infrastructure development. (Provides you don’t have endless capital to sink into it.) Tribal Culture still holds primacy over much of the country. Difficult to form a Government in the region. With any that is formed typically being extremely weak as various geographical and Cultural features limit ability to exert influence into the surroundings the Government in Kabul claims is its territory.
Afghanistan and the entire region is called “Graveyard of Empires” for a reason. Even the Taliban who were one of the few Governments that have risen in the region to have anything approaching popular support in the area struggled to govern the region.