The unspoken failure in AfghanistanThe US withdrawal from Afghanistan captured the world's attention and attracted significant criticism. All functional states have some degree of common national identity. The new German language was related to old high German but did not really exist before the Prussians tried to build a new German nation. European countries such as Switzerland have shown that forging a common national identity with multiple languages is possible. Twenty years is far too long for a war, but far too short to build a stable national identity.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2021 04:52 UTC