The deep security crisis in Pakistan is mirrored across the border in Afghanistan, which offers a model of what not to do. The Afghan Taliban, removed from power and routed from the country by the end of 2001, needed only a few years to revive itself, owing to the failure of the Afghan government and its international backers to rebuild and stabilize the country.
而巴基斯坦如今所面临的深重安全危机，其实是阿富汗边境地区状况的翻版，而阿富汗则提供了一个前车之鉴。虽然阿富汗塔利班政权早已在2001年末被推翻，但却在短短几年之内就成功恢复元气，卷土重来，究其原因，都是因为阿富汗政府及其国际支持者没能成功重建，并把这个国家稳定下来。