It should be noted that in the '70s, Afghanistan was changed to a republic and leaned toward Marxism. Fundamental Islamic rule came via the Taliban after a number of years.
If anything, it was Western powers that messed things up there.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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