Here are four misconceptions about the Afghan crisis that Western politicians and pundits continue to spread.
![An Afghan man sells the flags of the former Afghan government and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan during the anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul on September 7, 2021 [West Asia News Agency via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-07T111045Z_1039500334_RC2UKP9TLWVB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Ahmad M Siddiqi is a novelist and academic. He completed his PhD from Oxford on the topic of Pakistan’s relationship with Afghanistan and the impact o...f the Soviet occupation. His research interests include revolutionary war and counterinsurgency, war and politics in Afghanistan, and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Here are four misconceptions about the Afghan crisis that Western politicians and pundits continue to spread.
![An Afghan man sells the flags of the former Afghan government and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan during the anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul on September 7, 2021 [West Asia News Agency via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-07T111045Z_1039500334_RC2UKP9TLWVB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)