This time, the non-Pashtun communities are better armed and prepared to defend their interests after the US withdrawal. Thus, in seeking to co-opt the Taliban, the US is not only bestowing legitimacy on a thuggish militia; it also risks unwittingly reigniting Afghanistan’s ethnic strife, which would most likely tear the country apart for good.
这一次非普什图群体武器更为精良，已经做好准备在美军撤离后捍卫自身的利益。因此美国收编塔利班不仅会使凶残的民兵组织合法化，还冒着危险重燃可能永久撕裂国家的种族冲突。