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Making Afghanistan a Western-style Democracy is a Futile Effort

Making Afghanistan a Western-style Democracy is a Futile Effort

‘Democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies.’ This applies particularly to Afghanistan that has been trying to be a democracy since the Bonn Agreement that created the country’s post-Taliban government in 2001. Even more desperate than this attempt are the never-tiring efforts of the West, especially the United States, [...]