{"id":4053,"date":"2025-11-04T15:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvds.muto.one\/war-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:40:23","slug":"war-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/war-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"War in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4053\" class=\"elementor elementor-4053 elementor-3826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d84583e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d84583e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Ukraine\">War in Ukraine<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/no-more-wars-interview-with-michael-von-der-schulenburg\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iadl_review.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"No More Wars: Interview with Michael von der Schulenburg\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iadl_review.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iadl_review-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iadl_review-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/iadl_review-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">02 Feb 2026<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/no-more-wars-interview-with-michael-von-der-schulenburg\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">No More Wars: Interview with Michael von der Schulenburg<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 4929 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 735 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-735\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Cold War only ends with NATO\u2019s defeat in the Hindu Kush\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-cold-war-only-ends-with-natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">14 May 2021<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/natos-defeat-in-the-hindu-kush\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">The Cold War only ends with NATO\u2019s defeat in the Hindu Kush<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 735 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 631 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-631\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/afghanistan-population-problem\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-population-problem.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"A bit more about that Afghanistan population problem\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-population-problem.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-population-problem-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-population-problem-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-population-problem-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">21 Mar 2021<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/afghanistan-population-problem\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">A bit more about that Afghanistan population problem<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 631 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 2737 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-2737\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/afghanistan-peace-in-a-glasshouse\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-mountain.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"Afghanistan: Peace In A Glasshouse\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-mountain.jpg 1256w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-mountain-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-mountain-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-mountain-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">28 Jul 2002<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/afghanistan-peace-in-a-glasshouse\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">Afghanistan: Peace In A Glasshouse<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 2737 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 2820 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-2820\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/foreign-troops-and-peace-in-afghanistan\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1279\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-ghor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"Foreign Troops And Peace In Afghanistan\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-ghor.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-ghor-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-ghor-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/afghanistan-ghor-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">01 Feb 2002<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/foreign-troops-and-peace-in-afghanistan\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">Foreign Troops And Peace In Afghanistan<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 2820 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Blog Post 2803 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item post-2803\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-card\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"category\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/category\/war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in War in Afghanistan\">War in Afghanistan<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/fighting-terrorism-in-afghanistan-and-milton-friedmans-airplane\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1369\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/usa-afghanistan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-masonry-image-three-c size-blog-masonry-image-three-c wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fighting Terrorism In Afghanistan And Milton Friedman&#8217;s Airplane\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/usa-afghanistan.jpg 1369w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/usa-afghanistan-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/usa-afghanistan-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/usa-afghanistan-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 92vw, (max-width: 992px) 450px, (max-width: 1200px) 597px, 25vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mask\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-info\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\">30 Jan 2002<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/fighting-terrorism-in-afghanistan-and-milton-friedmans-airplane\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"blog-item-title\">Fighting Terrorism In Afghanistan And Milton Friedman&#8217;s Airplane<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Blog Post 2803 -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/fighting-terrorism-in-afghanistan-and-milton-friedmans-airplane\/\">See All 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If one wants to know who wins and who looses, simply watch the money markets: the money of the winner wins while the money of the looser loses \u2014 its that simple. Business is always with the winner, so the wisdom goes and to know this, we really do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/fighting-terrorism-in-afghanistan-and-milton-friedmans-airplane\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4053","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4950,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4053\/revisions\/4950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}