After The Taliban, Who Will Dominate Afghanistan?
” The Pro-PRC Macau Daily News wrote in its editorial (10/25): “In order to avoid losing political balance in Afghanistan and to safeguard the geographical interests of peripheral countries, setting up a widely representative Afghani government is the only choice for the U.S. This has become the consensus of the international community. The only questions are: Which political powers will make up the government and how to balance their power and interests? The U.S. already said that a place should be reserved for ‘the enlightened group’ among the Taleban. However, this suggestion is opposed by the Northern Alliance and Russia…. If the Taleban fall from power and the new government is slow in coming, how will the situation be handled? How to fill the vacuum? People begin to think of the UN. The UN can send in peacekeeping troops.” JAPAN: Media Treatment Lead stories (10/29) in conservative Sankei gave top play to a shift in the U.S.’s strategy to a “war of attrition” because of unexpec
