Friday, November 6, 2009

Let's get creative in Afghanistan

I am not an expert on Afghanistan but I do understand that most warlords are able to exercise control over their own territories. They have to make deals with the Taliban in order that their people are provided for. They provide safe harbour, fighters, and get money for goods and services rendered.
In my view the thing to do is go to one warlord and work out a deal. As noted in the above post buying an agricultural product would be one method. Setting up a manufacturing facility would be another. Allowing export of Afghani labour would be another.
Would this be cheaper than alternative solutions? Probably not - but I'm not sure if that should be the measure - at least on a trial basis.

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