What a benighted turd.
If UK had spent billions and billions on Afghanistan earlier, they would have built an all-powerful Taliban.
Here is the time-tested, never changing truth about government aid spent on Turd World hellhole countries: 3 or 4 modern schools will be built, half a dozen modern farms also. A few miles of straight, level, and surprisingly heavy duty quality highway are constructed fairly close to the presidential palace. This highway - gosh, who knew? - can also double as a military runway. All the rest of the money is either siphoned off by the tyrant and his cronies or is diverted for military use. The schools and the farms are trotted out for inspection when visiting dignitaries stop by to see how their money is being spent.
We’ve now had 65 years of investing in the dumpier corners of the world. It’s time to let them rise or fall on their own.