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Originally posted by silent_jay
if the US cared about Afghanistan as much as you say they do they would actually have a presence outside of Kabul and Kandahar. As for the skyscrapers and stuff?????
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Everything you see or hear regarding Afghanistan is directly filtered through the media and therefore is unlikely to depict the monotonous task of rebuilding the country. All you're likely to get is a short, one sentence mention on the news assuring us all that work is being done there, but as a story it's far too boring to cover in any depth.
Kabul and Kandahar were and are the hotbeds of activity in Afghanistan, and so it makes sense that they are the places focussed on, to neglect them would be bad journalism.
It's only to be expected, people are far more worried about the next terrorist attack than Mr and Mrs Shah's brand new local McDonalds.