If the question is 'Why should Afghanistan be united?“ or “Who benefits from a united Afghanistan”, the answer might be [as follows]. Take the example of the unification of Germany or Italy in the 19th century. Unification meant the single tarrif nationwide and a unified market that operated on one set of policies instead of miscellaneous and arbitrary ones. The other example worthy referring to might be the case of China run by CCP, as what CCP did after seizing the power was to muster all the resources possible by force or by scheme and invest them all in the process of industrialization, and it turned China from an agricultural country into an industrial state. And if one looks at all the issues raised about Afghanistan so far, one might find little of an agenda or anything whatsoever about the industrialization of the country. Yet it might be the key, because, as the case of Germany or Italy suggests, the industrial entrepreneurs and the business people care the most about the unified economic polices as well as the market, which can only happen under a unified government, hence the drive for a unified country.
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