The world is composed of four parts; three parts are covered by water, which is uninhabitable except for marine creatures, and only one part is land, which is the habitat for humans and land-dwelling animals.
This dry section on the geographical map is divided into different countries, and each country, according to its geographical location, has its own advantages and facilities or deficiencies and needs
Some countries have more suitable climates, more fertile lands, and greater agricultural products; for this reason, their rate of progress is higher, and the world’s attention is more focused on them.
Some countries, however, are unfortunately located in regions of the world that have fewer natural resources and are far from rivers and seas. For this reason, managing the country’s economic affairs is difficult for their officials, and in many cases, they require external assistance and support, especially from neighboring countries.
Additionally, countries that have been embroiled in war, occupation, revolution, and insecurity for years due to their abundant resources such as mines and precious metals, and where enemies have stormed in with cannons and tanks to plunder their wealth, naturally take time to stand on their own feet and enter the path of growth and reconstruction after a period of upheaval. Therefore, they need global assistance and support to catch their breath and gain the ability to move forward anew.
But this need is not permanent and everlasting. Such countries are dependent on this aid until they can overcome the crisis and compensate for their bloody and devastated past; however, it is a misconception to think that the lives of these nations are tied to this aid, and if this aid is cut off, everything will fall apart.
If judged fairly, the aid provided under various names by the international community during the occupation of Afghanistan was substantial and incomparable to the current situation. However, none of that aid was used properly; instead, it either ended up in the pockets of the powerful or was squandered.
What was allocated for the reconstruction of the country and the creation of infrastructure was consumed personally, and the people and the real needy didn’t even catch a smell of it. Now, these same individuals comment on the new aid being mentioned for the reconstruction of Afghanistan and express their happiness at its cessation.
With all these factors, the stability and endurance of a regime depend on the support and resilience of its people, not on external aid. The aid provided from outside is more based on international principles and rights, and the type of governance does not play a role in it. Therefore, the claim that a regime would collapse if this aid were cut off is a superficial view and indicative of the speaker’s immaturity.
Today’s Afghanistan stands on its own feet more than ever before, and by utilizing internal opportunities and natural resources, it has managed to compensate for some of the setbacks of the war period. Therefore, it can be confidently said that the cessation of global aid will not harm Afghanistan or bend its stature.
Just as billions of dollars were spent during the years of occupation to implement anti-religious and immoral programs, this nation neither fell for these schemes nor became mercenaries of the enemy; today, the absence of these politically biased aids cannot deter the people of Afghanistan from their ideals of independence and freedom, nor can it make them supporters of foreign interference.
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