Pros And Cons Of Aiding The Taliban

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Foreign policy is a complex and involved system of managing world affairs. Frequently, there are complicated decisions that do not have an optimistic outlook. Aiding the Taliban was an intricate issue that the United States and United Nations handled to the best of their ability.

Helping the Taliban defeat Russia during the Afghanistan War later allowed the Taliban to greater resist United Nation forces today. It fostered the movement and provided physical resources for later resistance against the UN. In addition, aiding the Taliban gave a sense of legitimacy to the fundamentalist ideology, allowing hubris to grow and nurturing the movement's agenda. However, if the United Nations did not provide reinforcements, it would have risked