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It can also however be derived, that all civil wars may become internationalized. Foreign private groups and states in the neighbourhood take advantage of the local difficulties of weaker and more vulnerable states and support political rivals, including secessionist groups. Such support is aimed at achieving certain concrete political objectives.

Moreover, the frequent interference in Afghanistan by so many parties is a reaction to the Soviet military intervention and continued as a competition for influence after the Soviets withdrew.

The western countries and the international community failed to fulfill their part of the responsibility of establishing an effective power-sharing mechanism in Afghanistan in the wake of the end of the Cold War. Political chaos with regular intervention of regional proxies remained a regular attribute of Afghan politics even after Soviet withdrawal until 2001, when Afghanistan was faced with another round of external intervention, this time by the USA and its allies fighting the War on Terror.

External Actors in the Afghan Problem concluded!