I&#x27;d disagree with that assessment.  It seems that Kabul had pockets that were growing into secularism.  The country as a whole was not.  Qandahar never had the dip into secularism.<p>Too many Westerners (my apologies if you are not, I am, and I see this contention that you have brought forth from many of them) read things about &#x27;Afghanistan&#x27; that are really about Kabul.  It&#x27;s similar to equating New York City to all of America.