How to Aid Afghanistan

"The Right War" is an oxymoron if ever there was one [July 28]. I was born when World War II was raging and served in the military during the Vietnam era. Fortunately, I wasn't called upon to kill or be killed, but tens of thousands of others were. Each side in a war considers its cause to be right, including the Taliban in Afghanistan and al-Qaeda, which call their wars "holy" — another oxymoron. When will people ever learn?
Carlos Carrier, LONG BEACH, CALIF., U.S.

Ideally, Afghanistan's South-Asian neighbors such as India and Pakistan will see...

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