In settling the Afghan war, the government and donors should seek to eschew the pattern of unkept promises that has bedeviled reconstruction of the country in the past. Only then will Afghanistan be able to break out of its decades-long vicious circle of violence, insecurity, corruption, unemployment, drug trafficking, and aid dependency.
为使阿富汗战争能圆满收尾，政府和资助团体都应当避免做出曾困扰阿富汗重建多年的不实承诺。因为只有那样，阿富汗才能冲破近十年以来的暴力、动荡、腐败、失业，运毒以及过度依赖援助的恶性循环。