There was a Japanese, Tetsu Nakamura, who worked as a doctor as well as a constructor of irrigation facility in Afghanistan. He was deployed there for medical aid from JOCS, Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service, until 2019, when he was killed by a hostage kidnapper group there. He found it was necessary for the Afghani to have irrigation facility for life without the influence of frequent drought on the farming. Away from medical service, he constructed a canal in an area, which worked well for the people. That construction has been well appreciated by the people there. His life is described in WikiPedia; here.
He once told that Taliban, which has been deemed as a Muslim fundamentalists, had not conducted politics of terror for the people in reality. For example, they have allowed the schools for women to run and had not charged too much taxes on people. He seemed to be on the side of Taliban and to believe it was not bad to let them govern the country. He, a Christian, was welcomed and could work freely. His life tells us, respecting the people's life style, religion and ideas is essential for us to do with them. They are living in the society of tribes under the influence Muslim for centuries. It should be remembered.
The US and UN allied forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan. Spending over 80 trillions and having the victims of hundreds of thousand people, the war will have been ceased with Taliban's victory. It might be difficult for us to tell what war it has been at present. But the US should have negotiated to hand over Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaida, having lead the tragic attack to World Center buildings and to kill thousands of people in 2001, with the Taliban government. Without military action. If they should have supported Afghani with the money spent in the war for people's welfare there, the situation was drastically changed. Forcing certain ideology different from their own to such developing countries like Afghanistan and trying to hold hegemony there won't be successful as this event tells to us.
What would Dr. Nakamura say at ceasing the war for 20 years in Afghanistan?
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