Did you hear about the Taliban attack on the German consulate in Afghanistan?  If not, they set off a bomb at the gates and then an attack ensued.  About 130 people were injured with 6 or so dead.  Will that war ever end?  An ancient  saying says that "all empires end in that area" going back to Alexander the great.  The country has never known peace and it's not looking any better.  I feel sorry for all the injured, especially the children. I'm not sure the UN is making things any better either...