{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Will Lessons from the Past Predict Afghanistan’s Future?","author_name":"Laura R. Standley","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4729.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4729.html'\u003EWill Lessons from the Past Predict Afghanistan’s Future?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the dawn of the new decade, one hopes that soon the unfortunate chapters of recent history can be closed for good and the Afghan people can move forward with peace, stability and self-determination.  Decades of foreign occupation, proxy wars, insurgency, and border conflicts have created tragic circumstances that not only afflict the Afghan people, but have sent their tentacles around the world.  Words of cynicism, resignation and indignation echo in online forums and hands are waved (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}