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AvatarTaking the guise of the poor, the dervishes, we, O Ghalib,
Watch the spectacle of the blessed; of power and pelf
—Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

بنا کر فقیروں کا ہم بھیس غالِب
تماشأے اہلِ کرم دیکھتے ہیں

banaa kar faqeeroN ka hum bhais Ghalib
thamaasha-e-ehl-e-karam dhaikthay haiN

Afghan Exit Strategy Over the Last Few Centuries

I was just saying, in reply to Arianna Huffington's comment on the recent David Ignatius article, that the Afghans always take several decades to root out outsiders. Here's a graphic that lays it out:

(Click on the graphic to enlarge.)

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