Back in 1998, when the currency was crashing through the floor and riots were breaking out across the country, local banks entered a ruinous bidding war for depositors.

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John Allen, they can strengthen Afghanistan enough mainly by building up the indigenous security forces to prevent a Taliban takeover or a ruinous civil war even after U.S. forces finally start drawing down.

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It is also because, after a quarter of a century of ruinous war, Afghans are more willing to take help from any hand.

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Surely stumbling into a trade war, one that would be as ruinous for America as for China, cannot be among them.

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