Note from the Publisher: This piece belongs to the Merion West Legacy series, referring to articles and poems published between 2016 up to Spring 2025.

The Collapse of the Kabul Foreign Aid Bazaar

The Collapse of the Kabul Foreign Aid Bazaar
(Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)

“The stated North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) objective in Afghanistan was nation-building, but what was created instead, over 20 years, and fell in days, was a heavily garrisoned foreign aid bazaar.”

Timeless reading in a fleeting world.

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