Anggota DPR Inggris Rory Stewart berjalan melintasi Afganistan setelah 11 September, berbincang dengan penduduk dan pemimpin perang. Kini, satu dekade sesudahnya, dia bertanya: Mengapa dunia Barat dan tentara koalisi masih bertempur di sana? Dia membagikan kisah dari keberhasilan campur tangan militer di masa lalu -- Bosnia, sebagai contoh -- dan menunjukkan bahwa kerendahan hati dan orang ahli setempat adalah kunci dari keberhasilan.

Rory Stewart: Saatnya mengakhiri perang di Afganistan

Professor, former Member of Parliament, UK

Flooding Afghanistan with money and soldiers has made things worse, not better. After the initial intervention, two and a half million more girls attended school and mobile phones spread rapidly, but escalating aid and force later fueled corruption and violence. The belief that Afghanistan is an existential threat is exaggerated, and repeated promises of a decisive year never materialized. True progress depends on humility, listening to locals, and matching actions to what really matters.

More Troops, Less Progress: Rethinking Intervention in Afghanistan

Middle East